Flavia Rocha, Manuel Malheiro, Rubens Marinho

International Journal of Modern Physics: Conference Series

01/01/2017

Abstract

In 1918, Joseph Lense and Hans Thirring discovered the gravitomagnetic (GM) effect of Einstein field equations in weak field and slow motion approximation. They showed that Einstein equations in this approximation can be written as in the same form as Maxwell’s equation for electromagnetism. In these equations the charge and electric current are replaced by the mass density and the mass current. Thus, the gravitomagnetism formalism in astrophysical system is used with the mass assuming the role of the charge. In this work, we present the deduction of gravitoelectromagnetic equations and the analogue of the Lorentz force in the gravitomagnetism. We also discuss the problem of Mercury’s perihelion advance orbit, we propose solutions using GM formalism using a dipole-dipole potential for the Sun-Planet interaction.

10.1142/s2010194517600527