Questions tagged [frame-dragging]
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We know there is no aether, so what is being dragged in frame dragging?
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In stellar frame dragging what is the 'frame'?
There are several questions on this site about frame dragging, all of them take the frame that is being dragged as an ...
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How do we account for the 'one way' drag of moving space?
As I understand it, the rotating space outside a Kerr black hole drags radially falling particles into circular motion. Similarly the river model posits that the inward flow of space ensures particles ...
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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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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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What angle would frame dragging shove matter in the innermost accretion disk relative to the equatorial plane or orbit?
I understand that frame dragging will imbue momentum on plasma orbiting a black hole at close range.
My first question is - is this kinetic energy inserted very narrowly relative to the equatorial ...
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What's the difference between these two frame-dragging equation?
Conceptually, what is the difference between these two frame-dragging equations, describing the rate of angular velocity of the space around a symmetrically spherical mass such as a black hole and why ...
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Do frame dragging affects falling object?
Imagine there is a tall tower erected at the equator, a pulse of light is beamed from the top of the tower to the ground. Do I need to consider frame dragging? After all the spacetime is being tucked ...
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What will happen to the light due to frame-dragging?
Imagine a rotating black hole is blocking a cluster of stars that I'm observing. Thanks to gravitational lensing I could still see the stars albeit shifted away from their original locations. So now ...
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Is there a known formula of the speed distribution of distinct layers in the frame-dragging region of a BH?
I am asking this question only because I want to figure out does space move in this case similarly to a fluid like water or oil are or even more better as speeds o planets around a star.. or this ...
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Gravitomagnetic Field vs Distance
If we look at what the Wikipedia says about gravitomagnetic fields $B$ generated by rotating planets / stars we have:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lense%E2%80%93Thirring_precession#...
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Does a spinning mass follow a straight trajectory in empty space? Or is it curved like a golf ball?
Suppose that we can send to identical satellites (like Voyager 1&2) on identical trajectories. But one spins to the right while the other spins to the left. Would they follow the same trajectory?...
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Can linear frame dragging cause gravitational dipole radiation?
I have just learned that linear frame dragging exists in General Relativity. I have also seen simulations where a periodically accelerated and decelerated mass causes a sort of gravitational dipole ...
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The physical meaning of the cross-term of Kerr metric
I have been experimenting with different types of metric tensors in General Relativity. I decided to try my hand with the Kerr Metric. When I did, I found an odd term in it: namely, a cross product of ...
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Particle motion due to frame dragging near a pulsar?
PSR J1748−2446ad is the fastest known pulsar rotating at 716 times per second. This neutron star is estimated to have a mass of less than two solar masses and a radius of less than 16km. The linear ...
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Space mission for experimental verification of frame-dragging in the strong-gravity limit
Frame-dragging is an important general relativistic effect that has been observed in the weak-field limit by the Gravity Probe B experiment for the gravitational field of the Earth.
Although the ...
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