Spontaneous spinning of a magnet levitating over a superconductor

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2003-03-27

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0303574v1

Physica C 398, 8 (2003)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Superconductivity

See http://physics.ucsd.edu/~jorge/spinning.html for movie clips of the effect

Scientific paper

10.1016/S0921-4534(03)01204-8

A permanent magnet levitating over a superconductor is found to spontaneously
spin, overcoming resistance to air friction. We explain the physics behind this
remarkable effect.

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