2012/05/30 by Chandrachur Chakraborty, Chakraborty, Chandrachur, Parthasarathi Majumdar +1 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing #Astronomy #Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations #Classical mechanics #FOS: Physical sciences #General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc) #Gravitation #Gravitational field #High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE) #Physics #Precession #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research #astro-ph.HE #gr-qc
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1205.6722
published in arXiv (Cornell University) (Cornell University) · This paper has been withdrawn by the authors. A much more revised version is available as arXiv:1304.6936
openalex publication_date 2012/05/30 · arxiv created 2013/04/26 · arxiv updated 2013/04/29 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
An exact expression for the rate of dragging of inertial frames (Lense-Thirring (LT) precession) in a general stationary spacetime, is derived without invoking the weak field approximation. This expression, when used for the Kerr metric, leads to the LT precession frequency in the strong gravity regime appropriate to compact gravitating objects like rotating neutron stars and black holes. Numerical values of the precession rate are computed for a few known cases of pulsars (including a double-pulsar) and compared to the precession rates in the weaker gravity regimes of the earth and the sun.