Development of a London moment readout for a superconducting gyroscope

Abstract
A gyroscope for verifying certain predictions of General Relativity is under development at Stanford. A method of measuring the gyroscope orientation based on the use of the London moment and a SQUID magnetometer is described. It is estimated that the required sensitivity of 1 milliarc‐sec can be achieved in a bandwidth of 2.5×10−6 Hz.