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Circular holonomy in the Taub-NUT spacetime

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2009-11-07 v1

Abstract

Parallel transport around closed circular orbits in the equatorial plane of the Taub-NUT spacetime is analyzed to reveal the effect of the gravitomagnetic monopole parameter on circular holonomy transformations. Investigating the boost/rotation decomposition of the connection 1-form matrix evaluated along these orbits, one finds a situation that reflects the behavior of the general orthogonally transitive stationary axisymmetric case and indeed along Killing trajectories in general.

Cite

@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0210003,
  title  = {Circular holonomy in the Taub-NUT spacetime},
  author = {Donato Bini and Christian Cherubini and Robert T. Jantzen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0210003},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

9 pages, LaTeX iopart class, no figures