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The general relativistic Poynting-Robertson effect

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2009-02-20 v1

Abstract

The general relativistic version is developed for Robertson's discussion of the Poynting-Robertson effect that he based on special relativity and Newtonian gravity for point radiation sources like stars. The general relativistic model uses a test radiation field of photons in outward radial motion with zero angular momentum in the equatorial plane of the exterior Schwarzschild or Kerr spacetime.

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@article{arxiv.0808.1083,
  title  = {The general relativistic Poynting-Robertson effect},
  author = {Donato Bini and Robert T. Jantzen and Luigi Stella},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0808.1083},
  year   = {2009}
}

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19 pages iop style, 8 eps figure files for 5 figures

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