Signatures of physical constraints in rotating rigid bodies

Abstract

We study signatures of physical constraints on free rotations of rigid bodies. We show analytically that the physical or non-physical nature of the moments of inertia of a system can be detected by qualitative changes both in the Montgomery Phase and in the Tennis Racket Effect.

28 pages, 8 figures

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