English

Gyroscope precession in cylindrically symmetric spacetimes

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2009-10-31 v1

Abstract

We present calculations of gyroscope precession in spacetimes described by Levi-Civita and Lewis metrics, under different circumstances. By doing so we are able to establish a link between the parameters of the metrics and observable quantities, providing thereby a physical interpretation for those parameters, without specifying the source of the field.

Cite

@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0001075,
  title  = {Gyroscope precession in cylindrically symmetric spacetimes},
  author = {L. Herrera and F. M. Paiva and N. O. Santos},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0001075},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

13 pages, Latex. To appear in Class.Q.Grav