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Tagged with frame-dragging astrophysics
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Is this an actual photo of frame dragging?
Is this new image (below) of polarized light surrounding Sagittarius A, showing actual frame dragging being captured by the magnetic field? The image is from this article If not, how would a photo ...
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Will the trajectory of a body moving straight towards a rotating BH differ if space just rotates around or if space spiralls into the BH?
Will the trajectory of a body moving straight towards a rotating BH differ if space just rotates around or if space spiralls into the BH? Can this difference be clearly measured? Also as a very dense ...
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How much percent of the speed of rotation of the solar surface at the equator is due to frame dragging effect? [closed]
Frame dagging effect is interesting and my particular interest is does this rotation could be compared with the law of motion of planets in a system similar to our Solar system and also can we measure ...
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Is there linear 'frame dragging'?
Very massive objects cause the so called 'frame dragging' that can increase the speed of a beam of light to a total aggregate speed faster than the speed of light in normal circumstances so my ...
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Spacetime drag and galaxies' radial velocity mismatch
We know - or theorize - that a spinning black hole drags spacetime in its surroundings, producing measurable effects on the accretion disk (the minimum stable orbit radius).
What I cannot grasp is why ...
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Geometry of the curvature of spacetime around rotating or spinning revolving objects
What is the geometry of the curvature of spacetime around rotating or spinning revolving objects, or anything that has an angular momentum?
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Is there a doppler effect on the images of stars around rotating black holes?
I'm an illustrator working on a project involving rotating black holes like those discussed in "Gravitational Lensing by Spinning Black Holes in
Astrophysics, and in the Movie Interstellar" by James, ...
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