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A search for anisotropy of inertia

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Il Nuovo Cimento (1955-1965)

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One of the possible consequences of the Mach principle is that the asymmetric position of the Galaxy with respect to the Earth induces an asymmetry in inertia. A test of this possibility is proposed. It consists in the microwave measurement of the Zeeman splitting of electron levels having different orientations relative to the direction Earth-Center of the Galaxy. The isotropy of inertia on the Earth can thus be checked with a precision of about 1 part in 1011.

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Una delle possibili conseguenze del principio di Mach è che la posizione asimmetrica della Galassia rispetto alla Terra induca un’asimmetria nell’inerzia. Si propone una verifica di tale possibilità, consistente nella misura delle microonde della separazione per effetto Zeeman dei livelli elettronici aventi differenti orientazioni rispetto alla direzione Terra-centro della Galassia. È così possibile verificare l’isotropia dell’inerzia sulla terra con una precisione di circa 1 a 1011.

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Cocconi, G., Salpeter, E. A search for anisotropy of inertia. Nuovo Cim 10, 646–651 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02859800

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