Radial spring oscillator on a rotating guide

ID: radial-spring-oscillator-on-a-rotating-guide

A point mass constrained to a straight guide through the axis of a uniformly rotating reference frame, with signed central displacement and Hooke's law force , satisfies . The transverse Coriolis force is balanced by the guide. The central equilibrium is stable for , neutral at equality and unstable above it. The angular frequency is the positive square root in the title.

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