Lense-Thirring precession and gravito-gyromagnetic ratio

Abstract

The geodesics of bound spherical orbits i.e. of orbits performing Lense-Thirring precession, are obtained in the case of the $\Lambda$-term within gravito-electromagnetic formalism. It is shown that the presence of the $\Lambda$-term in the equations of gravity leads to both relativistic and non-relativistic corrections in the equations of motion. The contribution of the $\Lambda$-term in the Lense-Thirring precession is interpreted as an additional relativistic correction and the gravito-gyromagnetic ratio is defined.

Eur. Phys. Journal C (Lett), in press, 6 pages