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Physical interpretation of N.U.T. metric

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

A. Sackfield
A. Sackfield
Affiliation:
Trent Polytechnic, Nottingham
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Abstract

A metric is constructed, which represents the gravitational field of two spherical static bodies of masses +b and −b, together with a massless source of angular momentum between them. When the separation of the two masses is allowed to tend to infinity the N.U.T. metric can be obtained from the limiting process. This supports the view that the N.U.T. solution represents a static Schwarzschild body together with a rotating semi-infinite spike of pure angular momentum.

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Research Article
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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 70 , Issue 1 , July 1971 , pp. 89 - 94
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1971

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