Gyroscopic precession and centrifugal force in the Ernst spacetime

dc.contributor.author	Rajesh Nayak, K
dc.contributor.author	Vishveshwara, C. V
dc.date.accessioned	2008-09-01T09:56:21Z
dc.date.available	2008-09-01T09:56:21Z
dc.date.issued	1997-03
dc.identifier.citation	General Relativity and Gravitation, Vol. 29, No. 3, pp. 291 - 306	en
dc.identifier.issn	0001-7701
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2248/3298
dc.description	Restricted Access	en
dc.description.abstract	The phenomenon of gyroscopic precession in the Ernst spacetime is studied within the framework of the Frenet-Serret formalism. General formulae are obtained for circular orbits. At the same time general relativistic analogues of inertial forces such as gravitational and centrifugal forces are also investigated in the Ernst spacetime. Reversal of gyroscopic precession as well as centrifugal force is considered at the circular photon orbits. These phenomena are examined in the Melvin universe as a special case of the Ernst spacetime by setting the mass parameter equal to zero.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Springer	en
dc.relation.uri	http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1010216801417	en
dc.subject	Gravitation Theory	en
dc.title	Gyroscopic precession and centrifugal force in the Ernst spacetime	en
dc.type	Article	en