On measuring gravitomagnetism via spaceborne clocks: A gravitomagnetic clock effect

Annalen der Physik (Leipzig)

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 135-152

  Mashhoon, B ^a,b   Gronwald, F ^b   Theiss, D S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gravitomagnetic clock effect; Gravitomagnetism; Spaceborne clocks

Indexed keywords

CLOCKS; MAGNETISM; RELATIVITY;

GRAVITOMAGNETIC CLOCK EFFECT; GRAVITOMAGNETISM;

GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS;

EID: 0032715892     PISSN: 00033804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-3889(199902)8:2<135::AID-ANDP135>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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