Local and global gravitomagnetic effects in Kerr spacetime

Journal Article · Sat Aug 15 00:00:00 EDT 1987 · Phys. Rev. D; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.36.1045· OSTI ID:5973763

Tsoubelis, D; Economou, A; Stoghianidis, E

The integral shift in orientation of a gyroscope in closed polar orbit in the Kerr spacetime is examined as an example of a global gravitomagnetic effect. The exact dependence of this effect on the mass and angular momentum parameters of the Kerr field is determined and the well-known weak-field slow-motion limit pertinent to forthcoming experiments is analyzed. The precession of the spin vector of a gyroscope stationed at a given point of the Kerr spacetime's symmetry axis is presented as a local counterpart of the above gravitomagnetic effect.

• Research Organization: The University of Ioannina, Department of Physics, Division of Theoretical
• OSTI ID: 5973763
• Journal Information: Phys. Rev. D; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. D; (United States) Vol. 36:4; ISSN PRVDA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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657003* -- Theoretical & Mathematical Physics-- Relativity & Gravitation
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
ANGULAR MOMENTUM
AXIAL SYMMETRY
EINSTEIN FIELD EQUATIONS
EQUATIONS
FIELD EQUATIONS
FIELD THEORIES
GENERAL RELATIVITY THEORY
GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS
GYROSCOPES
KERR FIELD
KERR METRIC
MAGNETIC FIELDS
METRICS
SPACE-TIME
SYMMETRY