Speaker
Prof.
Wlodek KLUZNIAK
(Copernicus Astronomical Center)
Description
The innermost stable circular orbit and the splitting of epicyclic and orbital frequencies are among strong-field signatures of general relativity searched for in astronomical objects, particularly in the X-ray data accumulated in observations of neutron stars and black holes. It may come as a surprise that these effects are present in the Newtonian physics of rapidly rotating gravitating bodies, such as the classic Maclaurin spheroids.
Author
Prof.
Wlodek KLUZNIAK
(Copernicus Astronomical Center)
