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Torsion pendulum

Physics student Holly Leopardi examines the torsion fiber issuing from a magnetic eddy-current damper. The damper suppresses unwanted oscillations of the pendulum. At left is part of one of the mirrors that route a laser beam to measure the pendulum’s twist, or torsion.

 

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Uploaded on September 20, 2011
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