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Phys. Rev. Lett. 64, 825–826 (1990)

Gyroscope-weighing experiment with a null result

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J. E. Faller, W. J. Hollander, P. G. Nelson, and M. P. McHugh
Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics, National Institute of Standards and Technology and University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309-0440

Received 2 February 1990; published in the issue dated 19 February 1990

A recent experiment reporting an anomalous weight reduction for a spinning gyroscope weighed on a pan balance has been repeated in our laboratory. We find no anomalous weight changes of the magnitude reported that depend on rotor speed and/or rotational sense about the vertical axis.

© 1990 The American Physical Society

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http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.64.825
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.64.825
PACS:
04.80.+z, 04.90.+e
 
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