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Global aspects of gravitomagnetism

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2009-11-10 v1

Abstract

We consider global properties of gravitomagnetism by investigating the gravitomagnetic field of a rotating cosmic string. We show that although the gravitomagnetic field produced by such a configuration of matter vanishes locally, it can be detected globally. In this context we discuss the gravitational analogue of the Aharonov-Bohm effect.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0307062,
  title  = {Global aspects of gravitomagnetism},
  author = {A. Barros and V. B. Bezerra and C. Romero},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0307062},
  year   = {2009}
}

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