Pioneer Anomaly and the Helicity-Rotation Coupling
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2009-11-10 v2 Astrophysics
Abstract
The modification of the Doppler effect due to the coupling of the helicity of the radiation with the rotation of the source/receiver is considered in the case of the Pioneer 10/11 spacecraft. We explain why the Pioneer anomaly is not influenced by the helicity-rotation coupling.
Cite
@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0306024,
title = {Pioneer Anomaly and the Helicity-Rotation Coupling},
author = {John D. Anderson and Bahram Mashhoon},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0306024},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
LaTeX file, 1 figure, 6 pages, v2: note and figure added at the end of the paper, to be published in Phys. Lett. A