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Gravitomagnetic effects of a massive and slowly rotating sphere with an equatorial mass current on orbiting test particles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 January 2010

Leonardo Castañeda
Affiliation:
Observatorio Astronómico Nacional, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia
Fernando Fandiño
Affiliation:
Observatorio Astronómico Nacional, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia Universidad Distrital “Francisco Jose de Caldas”, Bogotá, Colombia
William Almonacid
Affiliation:
Observatorio Astronómico Nacional, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia
Edilberto Suárez
Affiliation:
Universidad Distrital “Francisco Jose de Caldas”, Bogotá, Colombia
Giovanni Pinzón*
Affiliation:
Observatorio Astronómico Nacional, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia
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Abstract

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Within the framework of linearized Einstein field equations we compute the gravitomagnetic effects on a test particle orbiting a slowly rotating, spherical body with a rotating matter ring fixed to the equatorial plane. Our results show that the effect on the precession of particle orbits is increased by the presence of the ring.

Type
Contributed Papers
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2010

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