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- Date: Monday, 27 Jul 1992 15:45:55 CDT
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- Subject: Re: Lense-Thring EFFECT (was Re: Gravitational "Magne
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- A question for those familiar with the theory behind this effect (the
- gravitational analog of magnetism). Apparently, fairly extreme combinations of
- mass density and acceleration are needed for it to be observed. Would extreme
- enough conditions be found in the accretion disk around a black hole, close to
- the hole, in the case in which the hole has a massive star as its' companion
- (and is drawing off gas from that companion) ? If the eddies in that disk are
- analagous to current loops, would they produce a force perpendicular to the
- plane along which the eddy is alligned, creating an observable jet of material
- coming out of the accretion disk ?
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- Joseph B. Dunphy
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