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OPTICAL ANALOGUE OF GRAVITY AND MAGNETIC FIELDS
Author(s) -
ROY AMALENDU
Publication year - 1959
Publication title -
geophysical prospecting
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.735
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 1365-2478
pISSN - 0016-8025
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2478.1959.tb01477.x
Subject(s) - inverse square law , gravitational field , intensity (physics) , gemology , gravitation , point (geometry) , inverse , physics , magnetic field , square (algebra) , geology , optics , geodesy , geophysics , classical mechanics , geometry , engineering geology , mathematics , quantum mechanics , seismology , volcanism , tectonics
A bstract Gravity anomalies due to given mass distributions have been determined by model optical experiments, which utilise the fact that both the light intensity and the gravitational field due to point sources obey the Inverse Square law. The technique is somewhat different from that used by Gerrard et al (1957), and the results seem to be more accurate (maximum discrepancy 2 percent). The applicability of the anology for the determination of magnetostatic fields is also pointed out.