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Reference systems for the isolated observer and the dynamics of test particles

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A method of deriving the equations of motion for rotating test particles with the aid of reference systems for an isolated observer is considered. It is shown that the form of the equations depends upon the manner in which the reference system for the isolated observer are determined (calibrated). Reference systems, which in the case under consideration lead to the Papapetrou equations, were also determined. These systems were used to derive the equations of motion for particles for which the quadrupole moment of their energy-momentum tensor was taken into account.

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    E. N. Epikhin

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Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 4, pp. 99–105, April, 1977.

In conclusion, the authors thanks N. V. Mitskevich for useful discussion of the present work.

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Epikhin, E.N. Reference systems for the isolated observer and the dynamics of test particles. Soviet Physics Journal 20, 505–509 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01207698

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