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We propose a new method of searching for the composition-dependent dilatonic waves, predicted by unified theories of strings. In this method, Earth's surface-gravity changes due to translational motions of its inner core, excited by…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-04-15 Sachie Shiomi

With the recent discoveries of hundreds of extrasolar planets, the search for planets like Earth and life in the universe, is quickly gaining momentum. In the future, large space observatories could directly detect the light scattered from…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 E. Palle , Eric B. Ford , S. Seager , P. Montanes-Rodriguez , M. Vazquez

In the course of basic physics, more precisely the course of classical mechanics should be understood as clearly as possible the subject of rotational dynamics for students of science and engineering, to have clarity with the issues…

Physics Education · Physics 2018-12-12 Alex Estupiñán , Miguel Pico , Raul Ortiz

The concept of a common modulated oscillation spanning multiple time series is formalized, a method for the recovery of such a signal from potentially noisy observations is proposed, and the time-varying bias properties of the recovery…

Methodology · Statistics 2015-05-27 Jonathan M. Lilly , Sofia C. Olhede

Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) measures two standard observables: group delay and fringe frequency (delay rate). While group delay is widely used to estimate a broad range of geodetic and astrometric parameters, fringe frequency…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-08 Oleg Titov

This paper introduces an axiomatic basis for measuring the energy characteristic of vibrating dynamical systems. The basic approach is to compare non-modulated vs. modulated waveforms in measuring energy during the vibratory motion $m(t)$…

General Physics · Physics 2024-10-30 Enze Cui , James F. Peters

Wide-area synchrophasor ambient measurements provide a valuable data source for real-time oscillation mode monitoring and analysis. This paper introduces a novel method for identifying inter-area oscillation modes using wide-area ambient…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-03-03 Shutang You

We describe measurements of the rotational component of teleseismic surface waves using an inertial high-precision ground-rotation-sensor installed at the LIGO Hanford Observatory (LHO). The sensor has a noise floor of 0.4 nrad$/ \sqrt{\rm…

The low-frequency resolution of space-based gravitational wave observatories such as LISA (Laser Interferometry Space Antenna) hinges on the orbital purity of a free-falling reference test mass inside a satellite shield. We present here a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-10 L. Carbone , A. Cavalleri , R. Dolesi , C. D. Hoyle , M. Hueller , S. Vitale , W. J. Weber

The small angle approximation often fails to explain experimental data, does not even predict if a plane pendulum's period increases or decreases with increasing amplitude. We make a perturbation ansatz for the Conserved Energy Surfaces of…

Classical Physics · Physics 2017-02-07 Bradley Klee

We present a new scheme to detect and visualize oscillations of a single quantum system in real time. The scheme is based upon a sequence of very weak generalized measurements, distinguished by their low disturbance and low information…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Jürgen Audretsch , Felix E. Klee , Thomas Konrad

The most common way to find gravitational acceleration, g, in a laboratory is to use a simple pendulum and a clock. Alternately, g can be calculated by measuring time and distance for a free fall. Since the time of free fall in a laboratory…

Physics Education · Physics 2024-08-07 Chetan Kotabage

The FFT power spectrum of time deflection data from a pendulum bob shows a broad structure in the micro-Hz regime is consistent with non-resonant response due to forced acceleration. Harmonic analyses of pass Butterworth filtered data and…

Classical Physics · Physics 2010-12-01 Timir Datta , Ming Yin , Mike Wescott , Yeuncheol Jeong , Huaizhou Zhang , George Voulgaris

We demonstrate a novel method to measure the temporal evolution of electric fields with optical frequencies. Our technique is based on the detection of transient currents in air plasma. These directional currents result from sub-cycle…

Precise spectroscopy of oscillating fields plays significant roles in many fields. Here, we propose an experimentally feasible scheme to measure the frequency of a fast-oscillating field using a single-qubit sensor. By invoking a stable…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-01-21 Yaoming Chu , Pengcheng Yang , Musang Gong , Min Yu , Baiyi Yu , Martin B. Plenio , Alex Retzker , Jianming Cai

Light-pulse atom interferometers based on single-photon transitions are a promising tool for gravitational-wave detection in the mid-frequency band and the search for ultralight dark-matter fields. Here we present a novel measurement scheme…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2025-01-28 Albert Roura

The humble pendulum is often invoked as the archetype of a simple, gravity driven, oscillator. Under ideal circumstances, the oscillation frequency of the pendulum is independent of its mass and swing amplitude. However, in most real-world…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2019-02-20 Varghese Mathai , Laura Loeffen , Timothy Chan , Sander Wildeman

We present Pendulum Tracker, a computer vision-based application that enables real-time measurement of the oscillatory motion of a physical pendulum. Integrated into the educational platform SimuF\'isica, the system uses the OpenCV.js…

Physics Education · Physics 2025-11-12 Marco P. M. de Souza , Juciane G. Maia , Lilian N. de Andrade

Existing approaches for the field measurements of the frequency-dependent soil properties take a significant amount of time, making it difficult to obtain new experimental data and study the electrical soil properties further. However, a…

Geophysics · Physics 2022-02-07 Dmitry Kuklin

Owing to Earth's rotation a free-fall body would move in an elliptical orbit rather than along a straight line forward to the center of the Earth. In this paper on the basis of the theory for spin-spin coupling between macroscopic rotating…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-01-17 C. G. Shao , Y. Z. Zhang , J. Luo , Z. Z. Liu