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View SchemaThe Precessing Top
| Authors | Oscar Bolina |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0005025 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0005025 |
| DOI | 10.1119/1.880546 |
| Journal | The Physics Teacher, 38, N5, May 2000, p.312 |
Abstract
I discuss the precession motion of a symmetrical top without the assumption that its precessional velocity is much smaller than its spin angular velocity. I derive the general formula for the precessional velocity in an elementary way and discuss the cases of slow and fast precessions.
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