The interplay between relativistic gravitational, centrifugal and electric forces: a simple example

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The interplay between relativistic gravitational, centrifugal and electric forces: a simple example

Abramowicz, M.~A.; Bičák, J.

Gen. Relativ. Gravit. 23(0), 941-946 (1991)

Abstract

We show that some striking properties of the circular motion of charged, ultrarelativistic particles close to the circular photon orbit around a charged black hole (found by Bálek, Bičák and Stuchlík) can be easily understood in terms of the centrifugal force vanishing at the circular photon orbit. We also comment briefly on a possible non-uniqueness of the recently-proposed operational definition of the centrifugal force in static spacetimes.

Institute authors

Bičák, Jiří

BibTeX

@article{UTF246,
  author        = {Abramowicz, M.\textasciitilde{}A. and Bičák, J.},
  title         = {{The interplay between relativistic gravitational, centrifugal and electric forces: a simple example}},
  journal       = {Gen. Relativ. Gravit.},
  volume        = {23},
  number        = {0},
  pages         = {941-946},
  year          = {1991},
  doi           = {10.1007/BF00756913},
  url           = {http://www.springerlink.com/content/v581262778885711/},
}