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Macroscopic effects of torsion gravity in astrophysics and microscopic gyroscopes to test deviation to Einstein’s theory are shown to lead to the same value for the torsion field of the Earth. Massive electrodynamics with torsion is used to produce an extra precession on the spin vector of an elementary particle placed on electric field. Despite experimental difficulties, calculations show that this precession would be appreciable for a hydrogen-like electron spin.
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Garcia de Andrade, L.C. Electron gyroscopes to test torsion gravity?. Nuov Cim B 109, 1123–1127 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02723236
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