Null result for the weight change of a spinning gyroscope
Abstract
A null result was obtained for the weight change of a right-spinning gyroscope, contradicting the results recently reported by Hayasaka and Takeuchi. No weight change could be observed under a variety of spin directions for rotational frequencies between 0 and 2.2×104 rpm. Our limit of -0.025+/-0.07 mg is more than 2 orders of magnitude smaller than the effect reported by Hayasaka and Takeuchi.
- Publication:
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Physical Review Letters
- Pub Date:
- April 1990
- DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevLett.64.2115
- Bibcode:
- 1990PhRvL..64.2115N
- Keywords:
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