ELECTRIC-FIELDS IN ACCELERATING CONDUCTORS - MEASUREMENT OF THE EMF IN ROTATIONALLY ACCELERATING COILS

Authors
MOORHEAD GF OPAT GI
Citation
Gf. Moorhead et Gi. Opat, ELECTRIC-FIELDS IN ACCELERATING CONDUCTORS - MEASUREMENT OF THE EMF IN ROTATIONALLY ACCELERATING COILS, Classical and quantum gravity, 13(12), 1996, pp. 3129-3139
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Classical and quantum gravity → ACNP
ISSN journal
02649381
Volume
13
Issue
12
Year of publication
1996
Pages
3129 - 3139
Database
ISI
SICI code
0264-9381(1996)13:12<3129:EIAC-M>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
The acceleration of an electric conductor is predicted to produce an e lectric field proportional to m/q where m is the free mass and q the c harge of the carriers of the electric current. In certain configuratio ns this leads to a measurable EMF. In this paper we report a measureme nt of the EMF produced by rotationally accelerating coils of aluminium and copper wire. This experiment essentially repeats, using modern in strumentation, the 1916 Tolman-Stewart experiment. The measured EMFs a re found to agree with theory to better than 1%.