{ "id": "1305.6645", "version": "v2", "published": "2013-05-28T22:12:18.000Z", "updated": "2014-01-31T12:06:56.000Z", "title": "Inequality between size and angular momentum for bodies", "authors": [ "Sergio Dain" ], "comment": "Improvements in the heuristic arguments. 5 pages", "journal": "Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 041101 (2014)", "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.041101", "categories": [ "gr-qc" ], "abstract": "A universal inequality that bounds the angular momentum of a body by the square of its size is presented and heuristic physical arguments are given to support it. We prove a version of this inequality, as consequence of Einstein equations, for the case of rotating axially symmetric, constant density, bodies. Finally, the physical relevance of this result is discussed.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v2", "updated": "2014-01-31T12:06:56.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "subjects": [ "04.70.Bw", "02.40.Ky", "04.20.Ex" ], "keywords": [ "angular momentum", "universal inequality", "heuristic physical arguments", "einstein equations", "constant density" ], "tags": [ "journal article" ], "publication": { "publisher": "APS", "journal": "Physical Review Letters", "year": 2014, "month": "Jan", "volume": 112, "number": 4, "pages": "041101" }, "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 5, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable", "inspire": 1236046, "adsabs": "2014PhRvL.112d1101D" } } }