37 research outputs found
Radiation from a moving Scalar Source
We study classical radiation and quantum bremsstrahlung effect of a moving
point scalar source. Our classical analysis provides another example of
resolving a well-known apparent paradox, that of whether a constantly
accelerating source radiates or not. Quantum mechanically, we show that for a
scalar source with arbitrary motion, the tree level emission rate of scalar
particles in the inertial frame equals the sum of emission and absorption rates
of zero-energy Rindler particles in the Rindler frame. We then explicitly
verify this result for a source undergoing constant proper acceleration.Comment: 15 pages, CU-TP-59
Phenomenology of the Lense-Thirring effect in the Solar System
Recent years have seen increasing efforts to directly measure some aspects of
the general relativistic gravitomagnetic interaction in several astronomical
scenarios in the solar system. After briefly overviewing the concept of
gravitomagnetism from a theoretical point of view, we review the performed or
proposed attempts to detect the Lense-Thirring effect affecting the orbital
motions of natural and artificial bodies in the gravitational fields of the
Sun, Earth, Mars and Jupiter. In particular, we will focus on the evaluation of
the impact of several sources of systematic uncertainties of dynamical origin
to realistically elucidate the present and future perspectives in directly
measuring such an elusive relativistic effect.Comment: LaTex, 51 pages, 14 figures, 22 tables. Invited review, to appear in
Astrophysics and Space Science (ApSS). Some uncited references in the text
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