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To the origin of anomalous torque acting on a rotating magnetized ball in vacuum

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The magnitude of the anomalous torque acting on a rotating magnetized ball in vacuum is specified. Its value is shown to depend on the magnetic field structure inside the body.

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Correspondence to A. A. Zheltoukhov.

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Original Russian Text © V.S. Beskin, A.A. Zheltoukhov, A.K. Obukhova, E.E. Stroinov, 2013, published in Kratkie Soobshcheniya po Fizike, 2013, Vol. 40, No. 9, pp. 33–37.

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Beskin, V.S., Zheltoukhov, A.A., Obukhova, A.K. et al. To the origin of anomalous torque acting on a rotating magnetized ball in vacuum. Bull. Lebedev Phys. Inst. 40, 265–267 (2013). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068335613090054

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