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A smartphone-based simple method for determination of the free space permeability

Physics Education 2026-05-06 v1

Abstract

A simple and novel method is designed to determine the free space permeability. This value is computed from the expression of the terminal velocity of a magnet falling through a conducting pipe using the magnetic sensor of a smartphone and a video player. This method deserves its importance because of the accuracy and precision of the results.

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@article{arxiv.2605.03293,
  title  = {A smartphone-based simple method for determination of the free space permeability},
  author = {Sanjoy Kumar Pal and Soumen Sarkar and Pradipta Panchadhyayee},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.03293},
  year   = {2026}
}
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