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Learn Orbital Precession in the Schwarzschild and Kerr Metrics

August 11, 2016
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The Schwarzschild Metric A Lagrangian that can be used to describe geodesics is [itex]F = g_{\mu\nu}v^\mu v^\mu[/itex], where [itex]v^\mu = dx^\mu/ds[/itex]…
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gravitate2

Does Gravity Gravitate? Part 2

September 23, 2015
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 In the first post of this series, I talked about two ways to answer the title question, one leading to the answer "no" and the other leading…
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blackholesforce

An Equation for the Centrifugal Force Reversal Near A Black Hole

August 19, 2015
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My goal in this article is to derive a simple equation for the proper acceleration of an observer traveling on a circular path around a Schwarzschild black…
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