[time-nuts] Whispering Gallery-Mode....??

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

In message <20080424183128.76BE6BE42 at ip-64-139-1-69.sjc.megapath.net>, Hal Murray writes:
>
>> You start as low as go can and sweep slowly upwards until you suddenly
>> hit a resonance of quite startling intensity. 
>
>Neat.  Thanks.
>
>
>The Exploratorium has a linear version.  It's an amazing toy.  (They call it 
>an exhibit.)
>
>It's a hollow tube, 3m dia, 20m tall.  Rather than sweep the frequency, they 
>have a xylophone tuned to several resonant frequencies.

I'm not sure that's a whispering gallery effect, the height of the tube allows
the energy to dissipate upwards so there will be very little energy circulating.


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