Gyroscope precession along unbound equatorial plane orbits around a Kerr black hole
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2016-12-07 v1
Abstract
The precession of a test gyroscope along unbound equatorial plane geodesic orbits around a Kerr black hole is analyzed with respect to a static reference frame whose axes point towards the "fixed stars." The accumulated precession angle after a complete scattering process is evaluated and compared with the corresponding change in the orbital angle. Limiting results for the non-rotating Schwarzschild black hole case are also discussed.
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@article{arxiv.1610.06513,
title = {Gyroscope precession along unbound equatorial plane orbits around a Kerr black hole},
author = {Donato Bini and Andrea Geralico and Robert T. Jantzen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1610.06513},
year = {2016}
}
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16 pages, 8 figures, revtex macros used