On detecting the gravitomagnetic field of the earth by means of orbiting clocks

dc.contributor.author	Lichtenegger, Herbert	eng
dc.contributor.author	Gronwald, F.	eng
dc.contributor.author	Mashhoon, Bahram	eng
dc.date.issued	1998	eng
dc.description	http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9808017	eng
dc.description.abstract	Based on the recent finding that the difference in proper time of two clocks in prograde and retrograde equatorial orbits about the Earth is of the order 10^{-7}s per revolution, the possibility of detecting the terrestrial gravitomagnetic field by means of clocks carried by satellites is discussed. A mission taking advantage of this influence of the rotating Earth on the proper time is outlined and the conceptual difficulties are briefly examined.	eng
dc.description.sponsorship	Talk given at the 32nd COSPAR Scientific Assembly, held at Nagoya, Japan, 12-19 July 1998.	eng
dc.identifier.citation	arXiv:gr-qc/9808017v1	eng
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10355/8614	eng
dc.language	English	eng
dc.publisher	arXiv	eng
dc.relation.ispartofcollection	University of Missouri--Columbia. College of Arts and Sciences. Department of Physics and Astronomy. Physics and Astronomy publications	eng
dc.subject.lcsh	Clocks and watches	eng
dc.subject.lcsh	Gravitational fields	eng
dc.subject.lcsh	Electromagnetism	eng
dc.subject.lcsh	Relativity (Physics)	eng
dc.subject.lcsh	Quantum cosmology	eng
dc.title	On detecting the gravitomagnetic field of the earth by means of orbiting clocks	eng
dc.type	Article	eng

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