Here Tau is the torque on the object (about some point) and the vector L is the angular momentum as the object rotates around an axis through that point. Wow.

Only the component of the spinning person's angular momentum in the same direction as the Earth's angular momentum maters. If the person is in New Orleans, the latitude is about 30 degrees.

In fact, only three factors can be used to define a black hole: its mass, its angular momentum and its electric charge. In ...

Half-twists: light with half-integer angular momentum. (Courtesy: John Donegan/Trinity College Dublin) Photons can have half-integer values of angular momentum when they are confined to fewer than ...

Scientifically, breaking is a master class in angular momentum, axis of rotation, and center of mass, with power moves that seem to defy nature when really they make use of physics and incredible ...

"God does not play dice." This famous remark by Albert Einstein critiqued the probabilistic nature of quantum mechanics.

None of the beams have spin angular momentum or OAM in isolation, but light scattered off the blades imparts angular momentum about the axis of the shaft. Photomicrograph (right) courtesy of ...

To compensate and keep angular momentum constant, the washer's angular velocity has to increase. The reverse happens when you loosen the string and allow the washer to move out farther.

Spiral galaxies are found to be strongly rotating, with an angular momentum higher by a factor of about 5 than ellipticals. In a new study, the researchers have traced back the dichotomy in the ...