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dc.contributor.authorIorio, Lorenzoeng
dc.contributor.authorLichtenegger, Herberteng
dc.contributor.authorMashhoon, Bahrameng
dc.date.issued2001eng
dc.descriptiondoi: 10.1088/0264-9381/19/1/303eng
dc.description.abstractThe possibility of detecting the gravitomagnetic clock effect using artificial Earth satellites provides the incentive to develop a more intuitive approach to its derivation. We first consider two test electric charges moving on the same circular orbit but in opposite directions in orthogonal electric and magnetic fields and show that the particles take different times in describing a full orbit. The expression for the time difference is completely analogous to that of the general relativistic gravitomagnetic clock effect in the weak-field and slow-motion approximation. The latter is obtained by considering the gravitomagnetic force as a small classical non-central perturbation of the main central Newtonian monopole force. A general expression for the clock effect is given for a spherical orbit with an arbitrary inclination angle. This formula differs from the result of the general relativistic calculations by terms of order c−4.eng
dc.identifier.citationLorenzo Iorio et al 2002 Class. Quantum Grav. 19 39eng
dc.identifier.issn0264-9381eng
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10355/8579eng
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.publisherAmerican Institute of Physicseng
dc.relation.ispartofcollectionUniversity of Missouri--Columbia. College of Arts and Sciences. Department of Physics and Astronomy. Physics and Astronomy publicationseng
dc.subject.lcshRelativity (Physics)eng
dc.subject.lcshArtificial satelliteseng
dc.subject.lcshApproximation methodseng
dc.subject.lcshAstrophysicseng
dc.titleAn alternative derivation of the gravitomagnetic clock effecteng
dc.typeArticleeng


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