Rotating coordinates as tools for calculating circular geodesics and gyroscopic precession (Q920421)
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Rotating coordinates as tools for calculating circular geodesics and gyroscopic precession (English)
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1990
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By using the well-known canonical form for axially symmetric stationary space-time and exploiting its invariance with respect to transformations \(\phi '=\phi -\omega t\) of the azimuthal angle, simple formulas for calculating circular geodesics in Schwarzschild and Kerr space-times, Thomas precession, and gyroscopic precession in Schwarzschild and Gödel space-times, are derived.
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axially symmetric stationary space-time
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circular geodesics
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Thomas precession
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gyroscopic precession
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