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On the Gravitomagnetic Time Delay

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2007-05-23 v2 Astrophysics

Abstract

We study the gravitational time delay in ray propagation due to rotating masses in the linear approximation of general relativity. Simple expressions are given for the gravitomagnetic time delay that occurs when rays of radiation cross a slowly rotating shell and propagate in the field of a distant rotating source. Moreover, we calculate the local gravitational time delay in the Goedel universe. The observational consequences of these results in the case of weak gravitational lensing are discussed.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0210015,
  title  = {On the Gravitomagnetic Time Delay},
  author = {I. Ciufolini and S. Kopeikin and B. Mashhoon and F. Ricci},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0210015},
  year   = {2007}
}

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15 pages, 1 figure, revised version submitted to Phys. Lett. A