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Off-diagonal moment of inertia matrix elements have a specific physical significance
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Is it true that off-diagonal moment of inertia matrix elements have a specific physical significance?
Yes. Off-diagonal elements of the moment of inertia tensor have specific physical meanings, representing cross-axis rotational inertias, couplings between collective variables, and sensitivities in geophysical phenomena like polar wander.
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Wikipedia: Moment of inertia. (n.d.). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moment_of_inertia
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States that off-diagonal matrix elements of the constraint matrix are related to the moment of inertia derivative tensor encoding anisotropic information.
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OpenAIRE: A similarity measure for partially folded proteins: application to unfolded and native-like conformational fluctuations. (2004). OpenAIRE. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemphys.2004.06.042
Explicitly notes that when multiple collective variables are considered, off-diagonal matrix elements of the inertia play a crucial role.
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OpenAIRE: Collective aspects deduced from time-dependent microscopic mean-field with pairing: Application to the fission process. (2015). OpenAIRE. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevc.92.034601
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Identical text to item 4, stating that off-diagonal matrix elements of the inertia play a crucial role in collective dynamics.
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Yusuke, T., Denis, L., & Guillaume, S. (2015). Phys.Rev.C: Collective aspects deduced from time-dependent microscopic mean-field with pairing: application to the fission process. Phys.Rev.C. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.92.034601
Discusses how off-diagonal elements of the inertia tensor exhibit sensitivity to lateral viscosity variations in mantle models.
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Shuxia, Z. & A., Y. D. (2019). NASA Technical Reports Server: Dynamical influences on the moment of inertia tensor from lateral viscosity variations inferred from seismic tomographic models. NASA Technical Reports Server. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19950046232
Notes that polar-wander speeds require contributions from the off-diagonal elements of the inertia tensor.
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Jiri, M., A., Y. D., & Ctirad, M. (2011). NASA Technical Reports Server: Polar motions excited by a convecting viscous mantle. NASA Technical Reports Server. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19930033022
Discusses issues concerning off-term elements in the total moment of inertia and polar wander.
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Jiri, M., A., Y. D., & Ctirad, M. (2011). NASA Technical Reports Server: Reply to the comment by Y. Ricard, R. Sabadini, and G. Spada. NASA Technical Reports Server. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19950044312
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