Geodesics on non-Riemannian Geometric theory of Planar Defects
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2009-10-31 v1
Abstract
The method of Hamilton-Jacobi is used to obtain geodesics around non- Riemannian planar torsional defects.It is shown that by perturbation expansion in the Cartan torsion the geodesics obtained are parabolic curves along the plane x-z when the wall is located at the plane x-y.In the absence of defects the geodesics reduce to straight lines.The family of parabolas depend on the torsion parameter and describe a gravitationally repulsive domain wall.Torsion here plays the role of the Burgers vector in solid state physics.
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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9811011,
title = {Geodesics on non-Riemannian Geometric theory of Planar Defects},
author = {L. C. Garcia de Andrade},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9811011},
year = {2009}
}
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6 pages, Latex