General Relativity: An Introduction for Physicists · Problem 10.8

Experimental tests of general relativity — Hobson, Efstathiou & Lasenby

Physics · gyroscope-spin-equations-derivation

Problem

For a gyroscope in a circular orbit in the equatorial plane of the Schwarzschild geometry, show that the components

s^\mu

of its spin 4-vector satisfy equations (10.23--10.26).