Geometric interpretation of the Frenet-serret frame description of circular orbits in stationary axisymmetric spacetimes.
A geometrical interpretation is given for the Frenet-Serret structure along constant speed circular orbits in orthogonally transitive stationary axisymmetric spacetimes. This gives a simple visualization of the acceleration of these orbits and of the Fermi-Walker angular velocity of the usual symmetry-adapted frame vectors along them and provides an elegant description of the various observers characterized by critical values of the variables parametrizing the acceleration.
| Main Author: | Bini, Donato. |
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| Other Authors: | Jantzen, Robert., Merloni, Andrea. |
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| Language: | English |
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1998
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| Online Access: |
http://ezproxy.villanova.edu/login?url=https://digital.library.villanova.edu/Item/vudl:177364 |