Gravitational light deflection and the dragging of inertial frames

1988
4 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.D 37 (1988) 2699-2702

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Abstract: (APS)
The gravitational field generated by currents of matter within a body influences the deflection of light by the body. We show that in metric theories of gravity the Einstein equivalence principle implies a deeper connection than had been realized between this deflection and the Lense-Thirring dragging of inertial frames.