The gravitomagnetic clock effect and its possible observation
Abstract
The general relativistic gravitomagnetic clock effect involves a coupling between the orbital motion of a test particle and the rotation of the central mass and results in a difference in the proper periods of two counter-revolving satellites. It is shown that at O(c^-2) this effect has a simple analogue in the electromagnetic case. Moreover, in view of a possible measurement of the clock effect in the gravitational field of the Earth, we investigate the influence of some classical perturbing forces of the terrestrial space environment on the orbital motion of test bodies along opposite trajectories.
Cite
@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0211108,
title = {The gravitomagnetic clock effect and its possible observation},
author = {Herbert I. M. Lichtenegger and Lorenzo Iorio and Bahram Mashhoon},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0211108},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
LaTex2e, 9 pages, no tables, 2 figures, 18 references. Paper presented at COSPAR 2002 assembly held in Houston, Texas, 10 October 2002-19 October 2002. Expanded version published in Annalen der Physik