Inertial forces and the hall effect

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 649-653

  Johnson, B L ^a  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0034383074     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.19503     Document Type: Article

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27. We note that these extreme rotation rates are for illustration.