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Gravitational Analogues, Geometric Effects and Gravitomagnetic Charge

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This essay discusses some geometric effects associated with gravitomagnetic fields and gravitomagnetic charge as well as the gravity theory of the latter. Gravitomagnetic charge is the duality of gravitoelectric charge (mass) and is therefore also termed the dual mass which represents the topological property of gravitation. The field equation of gravitomagnetic matter is suggested and a static spherically symmetric solution of this equation is offered. A possible explanation of the anomalous acceleration acting on Pioneer spacecrafts are briefly proposed.

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  1. Center for Optical and Electromagnetic Research, College of Information Science and Engineering, People's Republic of China

    Jian Qi Shen

  2. Zhejiang Institute of Modern Physics and Department of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, People's Republic of China

    Jian Qi Shen

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Shen, J.Q. Gravitational Analogues, Geometric Effects and Gravitomagnetic Charge. General Relativity and Gravitation 34, 1423–1435 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1020082903104

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