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A revisitation of the 1888 H.Hertz experiment

Physics Education 2009-11-11 v1

Abstract

We propose a revisitation of the original experiment performed by H. Hertz in 1888. With a simple setup it is possible to produce electromagnetic waves with a frequency in the range of 3 MHz. By performing Fourier analysis of the signal captured by a resonant antenna it is possible to study the behaviour of the RLC series circuit, frequency splitting of coupled resonances and finally the characteristics of the near-field emitted by the loop antenna.

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@article{arxiv.physics/0602073,
  title  = {A revisitation of the 1888 H.Hertz experiment},
  author = {Daniele Faccio and Matteo Clerici and Davide Tambuchi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0602073},
  year   = {2009}
}