INTRODUCTION TO NONLINEAR GRAVITODYNAMICS: THE LENSE-THIRRING EFFECT

The following sections are included:

• From electrodynamics to nonlinear gravitodynamics

  • From electricty and magnetism to electrodynamics

  • Classical and quantum electrodynamics

  • Newtonian gravitational theory

  • The general theory of relativity

  • The birth of relativistic astrophysics

  • The "Nonlinear gravitodynamics"

• The gravitational analogue of Coulomb-like interactions

• The gravitational analogue of Hertz-like wave solutions

• The gravitational analogue of the Oersted-Ampère-like magnetic interaction

• The goal of this volume

• The contributions to the WFM3/INW1

• The Classic Papers

• Contemporary papers

• Acknowledgments

• References