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Gravitomagnetism and the Clock Effect

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Gyros, Clocks, Interferometers...: Testing Relativistic Graviy in Space

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The main theoretical aspects of gravitomagnetism are reviewed. It is shown that the gravitomagnetic precession of a gyroscope is intimately connected with the special temporal structure around a rotating mass that is revealed by the gravitomagnetic clock effect. This remarkable effect, which involves the difference in the proper periods of a standard clock in prograde and retrograde circular geodesic orbits around a rotating mass, is discussed in detail. The implications of this effect for the notion of “inertial dragging” in the general theory of relativity are presented. The theory of the clock effect is developed within the PPN framework and the possibility of measuring it via spaceborne clocks is examined.

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  1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Missouri, 65211, Columbia, Missouri, USA

    Bahram Mashhoon

  2. Institut GET, Universität Magdeburg, D-39106, Magdeburg, Germany

    Frank Gronwald

  3. Institut für Weltraumforschung, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, A-8010, Graz, Austria

    Herbert I.M. Lichtenegger

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    C. W. Francis Everitt

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Mashhoon, B., Gronwald, F., Lichtenegger, H.I. (2001). Gravitomagnetism and the Clock Effect. In: Lämmerzahl, C., Everitt, C.W.F., Hehl, F.W. (eds) Gyros, Clocks, Interferometers...: Testing Relativistic Graviy in Space. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 562. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-40988-2_5

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