Review of the Gravitomagnetic Clock Effect

Author:

Lorenzo Iorio, Bahram Mashhoon

Keyword:

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc), Space Physics (physics.space-ph)

journal:

date:

2023-10-18 16:00:00

Abstract

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. We briefly review both the theoretical and observational aspects of such an intriguing consequence of Einstein's theory of gravitation.

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