Special relativity and the pseudo-Newtonian potential
Astrophysics
2011-05-23 v1
Abstract
A simple re-scaling of velocities calculated from the Paczy{\'n}ski \& Wiita (1980) pseudo-Newtonian potential makes them consistent with special relativity and greatly improves the agreement with the exact relativistic calculations. The improvement is relevant in calculations of the Doppler effect, spectra and radiation transfer which all involve effects of special relativity.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9601115,
title = {Special relativity and the pseudo-Newtonian potential},
author = {Marek A. Abramowicz and Andrei M. Beloborodov and Xingming Chen and Igor V. Igumenshchev},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9601115},
year = {2011}
}
Comments
A&A, in press 1996; uuencoded, compressed, PS file; also available on WWW at http://fy.chalmers.se/~chen/