Gyroscopic Precession and Inertial Forces in Axially Symmetric Stationary Spacetimes

dc.contributor.author	Rajesh Nayak, K
dc.contributor.author	Vishveshwara, C. V
dc.date.accessioned	2008-08-18T09:33:18Z
dc.date.available	2008-08-18T09:33:18Z
dc.date.issued	1998-04
dc.identifier.citation	General Relativity and Gravitation, Vol. 30, No. 4, pp. 593 - 615	en
dc.identifier.issn	0001-7701
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2248/3171
dc.description.abstract	We study the phenomenon of gyroscopic precession and the analogues of inertial forces within the framework of general relativity. Covariant connections between the two are established for circular orbits in stationary spacetimes with axial symmetry. Specializing to static spacetimes, we prove that gyroscopic precession and centrifugal force both reverse at the photon orbits. Simultaneous non-reversal of esthe in the case of stationary spacetimes is discussed. Further insight is gained in the case of static spacetime by considering the phenomena in a spacetime conformal to the original one. Gravi-electric and gravi-magnetic fields are studied and their relation to inertial forces is established.	en
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dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Springer	en
dc.relation.uri	http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1018870208493	en
dc.subject	Gyroscopic Precession	en
dc.subject	Centrifugal Force Reversal	en
dc.title	Gyroscopic Precession and Inertial Forces in Axially Symmetric Stationary Spacetimes	en
dc.type	Article	en