Event Title
An Analysis of the Effects of Massive Rotating Bodies on Orbits in the Weak Field Limit
Presentation Type
Poster/Portfolio
Presenter Major(s)
Physics
Mentor Information
Brett Bolen
Department
Physics
Location
Henry Hall Atrium 30
Start Date
10-4-2013 12:00 PM
End Date
10-4-2013 1:00 PM
Keywords
Physical Science
Abstract
Newtonian theories of gravity fail to describe certain minute but detectable phenomena. The existence of such phenomena spurred the development of improved theories of gravitation, the most popular of which is general relativity. This project involved mathematical examination of various implications of general relativity, including the perihelion precession of orbits, de Sitter precession, and Lense-Thirring precession. Expressions for these quantities were derived using both the Schwarzschild metric and PPN, parameterized post-Newtonian, formalism involving a single post-Newtonian term.
An Analysis of the Effects of Massive Rotating Bodies on Orbits in the Weak Field Limit
Henry Hall Atrium 30
Newtonian theories of gravity fail to describe certain minute but detectable phenomena. The existence of such phenomena spurred the development of improved theories of gravitation, the most popular of which is general relativity. This project involved mathematical examination of various implications of general relativity, including the perihelion precession of orbits, de Sitter precession, and Lense-Thirring precession. Expressions for these quantities were derived using both the Schwarzschild metric and PPN, parameterized post-Newtonian, formalism involving a single post-Newtonian term.