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A gravitomagnetic thought experiment for undergraduates

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Summary, in English

The gravitomagnetic force is the gravitational counterpart to the Lorentz force in electromagnetics.

This paper presents a thought experiment from which the gravitomagnetic force is

obtained using the Newton theory of gravitation and elementary knowledge in the special theory of relativity. The example is suitable to present in an undergraduate course on basic electromagnetic theory.

Publishing year

2006

Language

English

Publication/Series

Technical Report LUTEDX/(TEAT-7150)/1-7/(2006)

Document type

Report

Publisher

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Topic

  • Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering

Status

Published

Report number

TEAT-7150

Research group

  • Electromagnetic theory