On the gravitational effects of rotating masses: The Thirring-Lense papers
- Bahram Mashhoon,
- Friedrich W. Hehl,
- Dietmar S. Theiss
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Abstract
The purpose of this work is to provide a critical analysis of the classical papers of H. Thirring [Phys. Z.,19, 33 (1918);Phys. Z.,22, 29 (1921)] and J. Lense and H. Thirring [Phys. Z.,19, 156 (1918)] on rotating masses in the relativistic theory of gravitation and to render them accessible to a wider circle of scholars. An English translation of these papers is presented which follows the original German text as closely as possible. This is followed by a concise account of the significance of the results of these papers as well as the possibility of measuring the gravitational effects of rotating masses.
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- Title
- On the gravitational effects of rotating masses: The Thirring-Lense papers
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General Relativity and Gravitation
Volume 16, Issue 8 , pp 711-750
- Cover Date
- 1984-08-01
- DOI
- 10.1007/BF00762913
- Print ISSN
- 0001-7701
- Online ISSN
- 1572-9532
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers
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- Bahram Mashhoon (1)
- Friedrich W. Hehl (1)
- Dietmar S. Theiss (1)
- Author Affiliations
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- 1. Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität zu Köln, D-5000, Cologne 41, Germany