Detection of the Rotation of the Earth with a Superfluid Gyrometer

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© 1997 American Physical Society (APS). This is the accepted version of the following article: Avenel, O. & Hakonen, Pertti J. & Varoquaux, E. 1997. Detection of the Rotation of the Earth with a Superfluid Gyrometer. Physical Review Letters. Volume 78, Issue 19. 3602-3605. ISSN 0031-9007 (printed). DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.78.3602, which has been published in final form at http://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.78.3602.
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School of Science | A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä

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1997

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en

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3602-3605

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Physical Review Letters, Volume 78, Issue 19

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The effect of the rotation of the Earth, Ω⊕, on a superfluid resonator equipped with a 4.0 cm exp 2 rotation pickup loop and with a microaperture is reported. The velocity circulation induced in the loop by the rotation is detected by phase-slippage techniques. The magnitude of Ω⊕ is measured to better than 1%, and the north direction to ±0.5° for a 10 h observation time. This experiment is the superfluid counterpart of interferometric measurements based on the Sagnac effect.

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ring laser, phase, 4He, dissipation

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Avenel, O. & Hakonen, Pertti J. & Varoquaux, E. 1997. Detection of the Rotation of the Earth with a Superfluid Gyrometer. Physical Review Letters. Volume 78, Issue 19. 3602-3605. ISSN 0031-9007 (printed). DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.78.3602