The general relativistic gravitomagnetic clock effect, in its simplest form, consists of the non-vanishing difference in the orbital periods of two counter-orbiting objects moving in opposite directions along circular...
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The general relativistic gravitomagnetic clock effect, in its simplest form, consists of the non-vanishing difference in the orbital periods of two counter-orbiting objects moving in opposite directions along circular orbits lying in the equatorial plane of a central rotating source. Both the theoretical and observational aspects of such an intriguing consequence of Einstein's theory of gravitation are reviewed. To the first post-Newtonian order, if two test particles revolve in opposite directions about a massive spinning body along two circular and equatorial orbits with the same radius r, they take different times to return to the reference direction relative to which their motion is measured: it is the so-called gravitomagnetic clock effect, which is reviewed ***
A comprehensive description is given of a spacetime model of an accelerating massive particle. The particle radiates gravitational waves with optical shear. The wave fronts are smoothly deformed spheres and the partic...
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A comprehensive description is given of a spacetime model of an accelerating massive particle. The particle radiates gravitational waves with optical shear. The wave fronts are smoothly deformed spheres and the particle experiences radiation reaction, similar to an accelerating charged particle, and a loss of mass described by a Bondi mass-loss formula. The spacetime is one of the Bondi-Sachs forms but presented in a form here which is particularly suited to the construction of the model particle. All details of the calculations are given. A detailed examination of the gravitational field of the particle is provided which illustrates the presence of gravitational radiation and also exhibits, in the form of a type of singularity found in some Robinson-Trautman spacetimes, the absence of an external field to supply energy to the particle.
Colliding or noncolliding plane-fronted electromagnetic or gravitational waves are the asymptotic limit of Robinson-Trautman spherical electromagnetic or gravitational waves. Noncolliding plane-fronted waves contain n...
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Colliding or noncolliding plane-fronted electromagnetic or gravitational waves are the asymptotic limit of Robinson-Trautman spherical electromagnetic or gravitational waves. Noncolliding plane-fronted waves contain no information about their sources whereas colliding waves contain information about possibly the motion of their sources. As a first step to investigate the latter phenomenon, we construct an asymptotic limit of Lienard-Wiechert electromagnetic fields in the context of Minkowskian spacetime. This has the advantage that the source is well known and the calculations can be carried out in full detail. The final result is an algebraically general Maxwell field which consists of colliding plane-fronted waves in a subregion of Minkowskian spacetime and an interesting byproduct is a novel perspective on a Maxwell field originally discovered by Bateman.
The hypothesis of an alternative way of obtaining gravitational waves is the physical motivation of this article. Using the linear field approximation and a symmetry transformation of the affine connection, new field ...
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The hypothesis of an alternative way of obtaining gravitational waves is the physical motivation of this article. Using the linear field approximation and a symmetry transformation of the affine connection, new field equations and new gauge conditions have been obtained. Solutions to these field equations have been considered in the empty space and in the wave zone, and in both of them the oscillation amplitudes of their solutions are attenuated exponentially. We expect that these solutions can be useful for building more sophisticated gravitational wave models, and also as an impulse for researching further symmetry transformations of general relativity.
We show that the matter Lagrangian of a non-perfect fluid takes the negative or positive value of the total energy density of the fluid, which is composed of the rest plus internal energy densities. The ambiguity of t...
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We show that the matter Lagrangian of a non-perfect fluid takes the negative or positive value of the total energy density of the fluid, which is composed of the rest plus internal energy densities. The ambiguity of the sign depends on the definition of the matter action and the chosen signature.
When a test particle moves about an oblate spheroid, it is acted upon, among other things, by two standard perturbing accelerations. One, of Newtonian origin, is due to the quadrupole mass moment J(2) of the orbited b...
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When a test particle moves about an oblate spheroid, it is acted upon, among other things, by two standard perturbing accelerations. One, of Newtonian origin, is due to the quadrupole mass moment J(2) of the orbited body. The other one, of order O(1/c(2)), is caused by the static, post-Newtonian field arising solely from themass of the central object. Both of themconcur to induce indirect, mixed orbital effects of order O(J(2)/c(2)). They are of the same order of magnitude of the direct ones induced by the post-Newtonian acceleration arising in presence of an oblate source, not treated here. We calculate these less known features of motion in their full generality in terms of the osculating Keplerian orbital elements. Subtleties pertaining the correct calculation of their mixed net precessions per orbit to the full order of O(J(2)/c(2)). are elucidated. The obtained results hold for arbitrary orbital geometries and for any orientation of the body's spin axis (K$) over bar in space. The method presented is completely general, and can be extended to any pair of post-Keplerian accelerations entering the equations of motion of the satellite, irrespectively of their physical nature.
Sandwich gravitational waves are given globally in terms of step functions at the boundaries. Linearized Einstein-Weyl equations are solved exactly in this background in Rosen coordinates. Depending on the geometry an...
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Sandwich gravitational waves are given globally in terms of step functions at the boundaries. Linearized Einstein-Weyl equations are solved exactly in this background in Rosen coordinates. Depending on the geometry and composition of the sandwich wave, the neutrino's energy-momentum redistributes itself. At the test field level, since the background will not change, the neutrino's energy density in particular will show variations between positive and negative extrema when crossing the sandwich wave. This may reveal facts about the weakly interacting neutrinos in cosmology.
Dynamics of a centrifugally driven particle moving along a magnetically prescribed trajectory (e.g. pulsar magnetic field line) in a spacetime of a rotating massive body is considered. We do assume that the particle i...
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Dynamics of a centrifugally driven particle moving along a magnetically prescribed trajectory (e.g. pulsar magnetic field line) in a spacetime of a rotating massive body is considered. We do assume that the particle is on a zero Landau level and is not losing energy via synchrotron or any other kind of radiation. Based on this model we further study in detail the zero-gravity limit, reconsider the "straight field-line" gedanken experiment case (Machabeli and Rogava in Phys Rev A 50:98, 1994) in the "bead-on-the-wire" approximation and find previously overlooked exact analytic solutions for the most general set of initial values. We analyze different regimes of a particle dynamics, classifying them in their relation with specific initial conditions. We conclude by indicating further directions of the study and discussing possible areas of astrophysical applications.
We show that the matter Lagrangian of an ideal fluid equals (up to a sign depending on its definition and on the chosen signature of the metric) the total energy density of the fluid, i.e. rest energy density plus int...
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We show that the matter Lagrangian of an ideal fluid equals (up to a sign depending on its definition and on the chosen signature of the metric) the total energy density of the fluid, i.e. rest energy density plus internal energy density.
Finsler geometry is a natural arena to investigate the physics of spacetimes with local Lorentz violation. The directional dependence of the Finsler metric provides a way to encode the Lorentz-violating effects into t...
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Finsler geometry is a natural arena to investigate the physics of spacetimes with local Lorentz violation. The directional dependence of the Finsler metric provides a way to encode the Lorentz-violating effects into the geometric structure of the spacetime. Here, a classical field theory is proposed in a special Finsler geometry, the so-called Randers-Finsler spacetime, where the Lorentz violation is produced by a background vector field. By promoting the Randers-Finsler metric to a differential operator, a Finsler-invariant action for the scalar, gauge and fermions are proposed. The theory contains nonlocal terms, as in the Very Special Relativity based theories. By expanding the Lagrangian, minimal and nonminimal Standard Model Extension terms arise, revealing a perturbative Lorentz violation. For a CPT-even term, the Carrol-Field-Jackiw and derivative extensions are obtained. Copyright (C) 2021 EPLA
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