THE LENS-THIRRING EFFECT EXPOSED AS ANTI-MACHIAN

Authors
RINDLER W
Citation
W. Rindler, THE LENS-THIRRING EFFECT EXPOSED AS ANTI-MACHIAN, Physics letters. A, 187(3), 1994, pp. 236-238
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physics letters. A → ACNP
ISSN journal
03759601
Volume
187
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
236 - 238
Database
ISI
SICI code
0375-9601(1994)187:3<236:TLEEAA>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
It is shown that the direction of the Lense-Thirring precession of a g yrocompass at rest in the equatorial plane of a rotating spherical mas s is opposite to that predicted by Mach's principle. The validity of M ach's principle is thereby challenged.