Abstract
The effect of the rotation of the Earth, Ω⊕, on a superfluid resonator equipped with a 4.0 cm2 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.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 3602-3605 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Physical Review Letters |
| Volume | 78 |
| Issue number | 19 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1997 |
| MoE publication type | A1 Journal article-refereed |