The Precessing Top
Physics Education
2009-11-06 v1
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.
Cite
@article{arxiv.physics/0005025,
title = {The Precessing Top},
author = {Oscar Bolina},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0005025},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
latex, 2 pages, 2 figures