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Sagnac effect in superfluid liquids

E. Varoquaux^a, G. Varoquaux<sup>b

a</sup> CEA-Saclay/DSM/DRECAM/SPEC, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
^b Laboratoire Charles Fabry de l'Institut d'Optique, UMR, du CNRS, Campus Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France

Abstract: The interpretation of the Sagnac effect is re-examined in the context of recent cold atomic beam and superfluid experiments. A widespread misconception concerning the understanding of this effect in a superfluid liquid is discussed.

PACS: 03.30.+p, 03.75.-b, 42.81.Pa

Received: June 27, 2007

DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0178.200802k.0217

 English version: Physics–Uspekhi, 2008, 51:2, 205–208

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