Detection of the gravitomagnetic clock effect
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2011-09-13 v2
Abstract
The essence of the gravitomagnetic clock effect is properly defined showing that its origin is in the topology of world lines with closed space projections. It is shown that, in weak field approximation and for a spherically symmetric central body, the loss of synchrony between two clocks counter-rotating along a circular geodesic is proportional to the angular momentum of the source of the gravitational field. Numerical estimates are presented for objects within the solar system. The less unfavorable situation is found around Jupiter.
Cite
@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9909006,
title = {Detection of the gravitomagnetic clock effect},
author = {A. Tartaglia},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9909006},
year = {2011}
}
Comments
14 pages; Latex. To be published on Classical and Quantum Gravity