faster may mean shorter period but with a reduced amplitude. harry
> >From: Jones Beene <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Fri, February 11, 2011 7:57:32 PM >Subject: [Vo]:OU candidate ? Doubt it > > >“Quantum pendulum trick explained” Immersed in a special ultracold liquid, >swinging is faster >By Alexandra WitzeFriday, January 28th, 2011 >http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/69281/title/Quantum_pendulum_trick_explained > >“Physicists have explained yet another quirk of the quantum world: why, if you >swing a pendulum through a quantum fluid, it speeds up rather than slowing >down. >Tiny “quasiparticles” ricocheting around in the fluid are to blame, Finnish >researchers report in an upcoming issue of Physical Review Letters.” >“The effect is the opposite of that experienced in the ordinary world. Immerse >the pendulum of a grandfather clock in water, for instance, and it will slow >down.” >
