A modern Fizeau experiment for education and outreach purposes

Details A modern Fizeau experiment for education and outreach purposes A modern Fizeau experiment for education and outreach purposes

2010-11-08

arxiv.org/abs/1011.1770v1

European Journal of Physics (2011) 00

Physics

Atomic Physics

accepted by Eur J Phys in november 2010

Scientific paper

On the occasion of the laser's 50th anniversary, we performed a modern Fizeau experiment, measuring the speed of light with a laser beam passing over the city centre of Marseille. For a round trip distance of almost five kilometers, the measurement has reached an uncertainty of about 10$^{-4}$, mainly due to atmospheric fluctuations. We present the experimental and pedagogical challenges of this brilliant outreach experiment.

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