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Chaos and Taub-NUT related spacetimes

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2009-10-30 v1

Abstract

The occurrence of chaos for test particles moving in a Taub-NUT spacetime with a dipolar halo perturbation is studied using Poincar\'e sections. We find that the NUT parameter (magnetic mass) attenuates the presence of chaos.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9712030,
  title  = {Chaos and Taub-NUT related spacetimes},
  author = {P. S. Letelier and W. M. Vieira},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9712030},
  year   = {2009}
}

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10 pages, 5 Postscript figures