Gyroscope precession in cylindrically symmetric spacetimes

Abstract

We present calculations of gyroscope precession in spacetimes described by Levi-Civita and Lewis metrics, under different circumstances. By doing so we are able to establish a link between the parameters of the metrics and observable quantities, providing thereby a physical interpretation for those parameters, without specifying the source of the field.

13 pages, Latex. To appear in Class.Q.Grav

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