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Gravitational Meissner Effect

High Energy Physics - Theory 2007-05-23 v1 Astrophysics General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

The gravitational analogue of the electromagnetic Meissner effect is investigated. Starting from the post-Newtonian approximation to general relativity we arrive at gravitational London equations, predicting a gravitational Meissner effect. Applied to neutron stars we arrive at a London penetration depth of 12km, which is about the size of a neutron star.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9603077,
  title  = {Gravitational Meissner Effect},
  author = {R. P. Lano},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9603077},
  year   = {2007}
}

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Submitted to Phys. Rev. D