Published January 7, 2006
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Journal article
Analytic expressions for gravitational inner multipole moments of elementary solids and for the force between two rectangular solids
- 1. Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-1560, USA (United States)
Description
We give analytic expressions for the gravitational inner spherical multipole moments, qlm with l ≤ 5, for 11 elementary solid shapes. These moments, in conjunction with their known rotational and translational properties, can be used to calculate precisely the moments of complex objects that may be assembled from the elementary shapes. We also give an analytic expression for the gravitational force between two rectangular solids at arbitrary separations. These expressions are useful for computing the gravitational properties of complex instruments, such as those used in equivalence principle tests, and in the gravitational balancing of drag-free spacecraft
Availability note (English)
Available online at http://stacks.iop.org/0264-9381/23/125/cqg6_1_007.pdf or at the Web site for the journal Classical and Quantum Gravity (ISSN 1361-6382) http://www.iop.org/Additional details
Identifiers
- URL
- http://stacks.iop.org/0264-9381/23/125/cqg6_1_007.pdf;
- DOI
- 10.1088/0264-9381/23/1/007;
- PII
- S0264-9381(06)11022-9;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Classical and Quantum Gravity
- Journal Volume
- 23
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Journal Page Range
- p. 125-136
- ISSN
- 0264-9381
- CODEN
- CQGRDG
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 37063546
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- COSMOLOGY; EQUIVALENCE PRINCIPLE; GRAVITATION; SOLIDS; SPHERICAL CONFIGURATION
- Descriptors DEC
- CONFIGURATION