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ZAMO frame

(zero angular momentum frame, LNRF, locally non-rotating frame)
(a frame of reference that is not rotating)

A ZAMO frame (for zero angular momentum frame) is a frame of reference that is not rotating, i.e., has no angular momentum. The term is commonly used in descriptions of general-relativity phenomena. An inertial reference frame (that is not accelerating) is definitely a ZAMO frame, but the term ZAMO is generally used for non-everyday cases, such as strong-field gravity, that have a more complex relation between frames of reference. For example, due to frame dragging, a ZAMO frame can be rotating in relation to another. Another term for such a ZAMO frame is a locally non-rotating frame or LNRF.


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Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerr_metric
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frame_of_reference
http://physics.unm.edu/Courses/Finley/p581/Handouts/Kerr/kerrnew.pdf
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1972ApJ...178..347B/abstract
https://www.emis.de/journals/LRG/Articles/lrr-2013-1/articlese2.html
https://www.ictp-saifr.org/schoolgr/Lecture2Friedman.pdf

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