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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.

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@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}
}

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LaTeX file, 1 figure, 6 pages, v2: note and figure added at the end of the paper, to be published in Phys. Lett. A