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Dynamical systems of null geodesics and solutions of Tomimatsu-Sato 2

General Physics 2018-02-14 v4

Abstract

We have studied optical metrics via null geodesics and optical-mechanical formulation of classical mechanics, and described the geometry and optics of mechanical systems with drag dependent quadratically on velocity. Then we studied null geodesics as a central force system, deduced the related Binet's equation applied the analysis to other solutions of Einstein's equations in spherically symmetric spaces, paying special attention to the Tomimatsu-Sato metric. Finally, we examined the dualities between different systems arising from conformal transformations that preserve the Jacobi metric.

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@article{arxiv.1704.01830,
  title  = {Dynamical systems of null geodesics and solutions of Tomimatsu-Sato 2},
  author = {Sumanto Chanda and Partha Guha},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1704.01830},
  year   = {2018}
}

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This version contains heavily updated and expanded content compared to the previous version. This is a preliminary version. Comments are welcome. 30 pages