Signatures of physical constraints in rotating rigid bodies
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Published:2023-06-28
Issue:29
Volume:56
Page:295202
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ISSN:1751-8113
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Container-title:Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical
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language:
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Short-container-title:J. Phys. A: Math. Theor.
Author:
Gutierrez Guillen G JORCID,
Arroyo E AldoORCID,
Mardešić PORCID,
Sugny DORCID
Abstract
Abstract
We study signatures of physical constraints on free rotations of rigid bodies. We show analytically that the physical or non-physical nature of the moments of inertia of a system can be detected by qualitative changes both in the Montgomery phase and in the tennis racket effect.
Funder
ANR CoRoMo
Ecole Universitaire de Recherche EIPHI
Subject
General Physics and Astronomy,Mathematical Physics,Modeling and Simulation,Statistics and Probability,Statistical and Nonlinear Physics