Test of gravitomagnetism with satellites around the Earth
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2019-05-21 v3
Abstract
We focus on the possibility of measuring the gravitomagnetic effects due to the rotation of the Earth, by means of a space-based experiment that exploits satellites in geostationary orbits. Due to the rotation of the Earth, there is an asymmetry in the propagation of electromagnetic signals in opposite directions along a closed path around the Earth. We work out the delays between the two counter-propagating beams for a simple configuration, and suggest that accurate time measurements could allow, in principle, to detect the gravitomagnetic effect of the Earth
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@article{arxiv.1810.11785,
title = {Test of gravitomagnetism with satellites around the Earth},
author = {Matteo Luca Ruggiero and Angelo Tartaglia},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1810.11785},
year = {2019}
}
Comments
6 pages, 3 figures; revised to match the version accepted for publication in EPJP