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Pioneer Anomaly and the Helicity-Rotation Coupling

John D. Anderson, Bahram Mashhoon

gr-qcarXiv:gr-qc/0306024

Abstract

The modification of the Doppler effect due to the coupling of the helicity of the radiation with the rotation of the source/receiver is considered in the case of the Pioneer 10/11 spacecraft. We explain why the Pioneer anomaly is not influenced by the helicity-rotation coupling.

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