Gravitoelectromagnetism and motion of spinning test particles in general relativity

摘要

The motion of a spinning test particle in general relativity is examined in the conntext of gravitoelectromagnetism. The equations of motion as measured by different families of test observers and the supplementary conditions to be added to obtain a fully determined scheme are expressed in terms o fthe associated gravitoelectric, gravitomagnetic, and space geometry force fields, which together represent the gravitational force. The Schwarzschild background, both in the exact theory and in the weak field approximation, is used as an example.