Phys. Rev. D 75, 081501(R) (2007) [3 pages]

Relativistic glider

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Eduardo Guéron^*
Centro de Matemática, Computação e Cognição, Universidade Federal do ABC, 09210-170, Santo André, SP, Brazil

Ricardo A. Mosna^†
Instituto de Matemática, Estatística e Computação Científica, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, C.P. 6065, 13083-859, Campinas, SP, Brazil.

Received 16 November 2006; published 16 April 2007

We present a purely relativistic effect according to which asymmetric oscillations of a quasirigid body slow down or accelerate its fall in a gravitational background.

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http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.75.081501

DOI:

10.1103/PhysRevD.75.081501

PACS:

04.20.−q, 04.25.−g, 45.40.−f

^*Electronic address: eduardo.gueron@ufabc.edu.br

^†Electronic address: mosna@ime.unicamp.br

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Phys. Rev. D 75, 081501(R) (2007) [3 pages]

Relativistic glider