Centrifugal force in Kerr geometry
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2009-10-22 v1
Abstract
We have obtained the correct expression for the centrifugal force acting on a particle at the equatorial circumference of a rotating body in the locally non-rotating frame of the Kerr geometry. Using this expression for the equilibrium of an element on the surface of a slowly rotating Maclaurin spheroid, we obtain the expression for the ellipticity (as discussed earlier by Abramowicz and Miller) and determine the radius at which the ellipticity is maximum.
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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9207011,
title = {Centrifugal force in Kerr geometry},
author = {Sai Iyer and A R Prasanna},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9207011},
year = {2009}
}
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