In this work we calculate some estimations of the gravitomagnetic clock effect, taking into consideration not only the rotating gravitational field of the central mass, but also the spin of the test particle, obtaining values for ∆t = t + − t − = 2.5212079035 × 10 −8 s. We use the formulation of Mathisson-Papapetrou-Dixon equations (MPD) for this problem in a Kerr metric. In order to compare our numerical results with previous works, we consider initially only the equatorial plane and also apply the Mathisson-Pirani supplementary spin condition for the spinning test particle.
ResumenEn este trabajo nosotros calculamos algunas estimaciones del efecto reloj gravitomagnético, tomando en consideración no sólo el campo rotacional de la masa central, sino también el espín de la partícula de prueba, obteniendo
IntroductionIn the last decades, important advances have been made in the study of the gravitomagnetic clock effect. Beginning with the seminal work by Cohen and Mashhoon [1]. In which they presented the influence of the gravitomagnetic field to the proper time of an arbitrary clock about a rotating massive body. In their paper, Cohen and Mashhoon, also showed the possibility of measuring this effect. In this work, we present a theoretical value for the gravitomagnetic clock effect of a spinning test particle orbiting around a rotating massive body. According with the literature, we find different complementary ways that study the phenomena in regard to the gravitomagnetism clock effect. The first way take two family of observers. The first is the family of static observer (or threading observers) with four-velocity m = M −1 ∂ t and world lines along the time coordinate lines. The second famili is the ZAMO's (or slicing observers) with four-velocity n = N −1 ∂ t − N φ ∂ φ and world lines orthogonal to the time coordinate hypersurfaces [2][3][4]. They obtain, in the threading point of view, the local spatial angular direction as