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Purdue university's scientists create world's fastest spinning man made object



World's fastest spinning man made object

  • Scientists create world's fastest spinning man made object.
  • The object precisely is not a object but a nano particle which is in dumbbell shaped.
  • The nano particle is made up of silica and was levitated by using laser in vacuum
  • The noted rotation per second (rps) of the nano particle was about 60 billion rps
  • Scientists behind this invention are Tongcang Li and Jonghoon Ahn
  • Tongcang Li is assistant professor of physics and astronomy and also serve as assistant professor in computer engineering and electrical engineering in Purdue University
  • According to Tongcang Li the dumbbell shaped particle was levitated in vacuum with using laser work. 
  • The laser used having capability of working in a straight line and in circle helped in finding two motion of the nano particle  
  • When the laser work in straight line the nano particle vibrates
  • When the laser work in circle the dumbbell spins
  • The spinning dumbbell work as a rotor and the vibrating dumbbell functions like an instrument which can measure tiny forces and torques  
  • This kind of instruments can work as an excellent torsion balance.
  • Torsion balance device were used for discovering things like gravitational constant ,density of earth
  • According to Tongcang Li that further advancement can help in to study more typical things like quantum mechanics
  • Normal people thinks that vacuum is a complete vacant space but physician knows that vacuum a vacant space is a myth ,there are millions of particles which appears for infinitesimal small duration and than disappears . 
  • Tongcang Li and his co scientist want to make a torsional balance with this dumbbell nano particle to study vacuum  
  • Thus this nano particle motions can help in studying about vacuum friction and gravity which is essential for Modern Physics.

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