RELATIVISTIC TIDAL ACCELERATIONS

Authors
MASHHOON B QUEVEDO H
Citation
B. Mashhoon et H. Quevedo, RELATIVISTIC TIDAL ACCELERATIONS, Nuovo cimento della Societa italiana di fisica. B, Relativity, classical and statistical physics, 110(3), 1995, pp. 291-305
Citations number
50
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Nuovo cimento della Societa italiana di fisica. B, Relativity, classical and statistical physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
11241888
Volume
110
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
291 - 305
Database
ISI
SICI code
1124-1888(1995)110:3<291:RTA>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
Relativistic tidal accelerations associated with gravitationally colla psed configurations are studied. Simple energy arguments are presented that provide a heuristic interpretation of black-hole tidal fields. T his interpretation cannot be extended to a complex collapsed configura tion involving intrinsic quadrupole and higher multipole moments; the possible astrophysical relevance of such a system is briefly discussed .