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GR: Fachverband Gravitation und Relativitätstheorie

GR 4: Klassische Allgemeine Relativitätstheorie I

GR 4.7: Talk

Tuesday, March 10, 2009, 16:00–16:20, A214

Motion of spinning particles — •Andreas Resch and Claus Lämmerzahl — ZARM, University Bremen, 28359 Bremen

In this talk the equations of motion of a rigid test body in General Relativity will be reviewed. We discuss the Mathisson-Papapetrou-Dixon equations for the pol-dipole particle and present the equations of motion both in PPN approximation and in Schwarzschild space--time. The equations in the latter case are integrated by a numeric solver. As expected, the solutions show deviations from the geodesic motion. The possible impact on the Flyby anomaly is discussed.