GEODETIC PRECESSION OR DRAGGING OF INERTIAL FRAMES

被引：28

作者：

ASHBY, N ^{[1
]}

SHAHIDSALESS, B ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] NASA,GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CTR,GREENBELT,MD 20771

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW D | 1990年 / 42卷 / 04期

关键词：

D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevD.42.1118

中图分类号：

P1 [天文学];

学科分类号：

0704 ;

摘要：

In metric theories of gravity the principle of general covariance allows one to describe phenomena by means of any convenient choice of coordinate system. In this paper it is shown that in an appropriately chosen coordinate system, geodetic precession of a gyroscope orbiting a spherically symmetric, spinning mass can be recast as a Lense-Thirring frame-dragging effect without invoking spatial curvature. The origin of this reference frame moves around the source but the frame axes point in fixed directions. The drag can be interpreted to arise from the orbital angular momentum of the source around the origin of the reference frame. In this reference frame the effects of geodetic precession and Lense-Thirring drag due to intrinsic angular momentum of the source have the same origin, namely, gravitomagnetism. © 1990 The American Physical Society.

引用

页码：1118 / 1122

页数：5

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