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Papapetrou field as the gravitoelectromagnetic field tensor in stationary spacetimes

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2016-03-08 v4

Abstract

Introducing the well known Papapetrou field as the gravitoelectromagnetic field tensor, we express the Maxwell-type part of the 3-dimensional quasi-Maxwell form of the {\it vacuum} Einstein field equations in terms of differential forms, analogous to their electromagnetic counterparts in curved spacetimes. Using the same formalism we introduce the junction conditions on non-null hypersurfaces in terms of the introduced gravitoelectromagnetic 4-vector fields and apply them to the case of the Van Stockum interior and exterior solutions.

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@article{arxiv.1406.1968,
  title  = {Papapetrou field as the gravitoelectromagnetic field tensor in stationary spacetimes},
  author = {M. Nouri-Zonoz and A. Parvizi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1406.1968},
  year   = {2016}
}

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