Foucault's method in new settings
Optics
2014-09-22 v1 Physics Education
Abstract
In this paper, we introduce two simple and inexpensive versions of the well-known Foucault method for measuring the speed of light. In a footprint of just 20 cm by 270 cm with readily available laboratory items and a webcam, we obtained km/s, and km/s, respectively, both within less than a per cent of the defined value. The experiment also prepares students to work with large amounts of data.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1409.5573,
title = {Foucault's method in new settings},
author = {Z. Vörös and G. Weihs},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1409.5573},
year = {2014}
}
Comments
9 pages, 12 figures