The relativistic glider
arXiv:gr-qc/0612131 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.75.081501
Abstract
We present a purely relativistic effect according to which asymmetric oscillations of a quasi-rigid body slow down or accelerate its fall in a gravitational background.
3 pages, 2 figures. To appear in Phys Rev D
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