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  2. Sagnac effect - Wikipedia

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    A passive ring interferometer uses light entering the setup from outside. The interference pattern that is obtained is a fringe pattern, and what is measured is a phase shift. It is also possible to construct a ring interferometer that is self-contained, based on a completely different arrangement.

  3. Newton's laws of motion - Wikipedia

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    The change of motion of an object is proportional to the force impressed; and is made in the direction of the straight line in which the force is impressed. [ 15 ] : 114 By "motion", Newton meant the quantity now called momentum , which depends upon the amount of matter contained in a body, the speed at which that body is moving, and the ...

  4. Levitation (physics) - Wikipedia

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    Levitation is accomplished by providing an upward force that counteracts the pull of gravity (in relation to gravity on earth), plus a smaller stabilizing force that pushes the object toward a home position whenever it is a small distance away from that home position. The force can be a fundamental force such as magnetic or electrostatic, or it ...

  5. Radiation pressure - Wikipedia

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    The radiation pressure force of the light circulating in the cavity can damp or amplify the oscillation of the mirror on the spring. Main articles: Cavity optomechanics and Laser cooling The reflection of a laser pulse from the surface of an elastic solid can give rise to various types of elastic waves that propagate inside the solid or liquid.

  6. Gyroscope - Wikipedia

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    The flywheel was rotated by hydraulic pumps creating a gyroscopic effect on the vehicle. A precessional ram was responsible for rotating the gyroscope to change the direction of the precessional force to counteract any forces causing the vehicle imbalance. The one-of-a-kind prototype is now at the Lane Motor Museum in Nashville, Tennessee. [67]

  7. Gravitational lens - Wikipedia

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    In general relativity, light follows the curvature of spacetime, hence when light passes around a massive object, it is bent. This means that the light from an object on the other side will be bent towards an observer's eye, just like an ordinary lens. In general relativity the path of light depends on the shape of space (i.e. the metric).

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  9. Radiation damping - Wikipedia

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    The two main ways of using radiation damping to reduce the emittance of a particle beam are the use of undulators and damping rings (often containing undulators), both relying on the same principle of inducing synchrotron radiation to reduce the particles' momentum, then replacing the momentum only in the desired direction of motion.