Physical interpretation of NUT solution
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2009-11-11 v1
Abstract
We show that the well-known NUT solution can be correctly interpreted as describing the exterior field of two counter-rotating semi-infinite sources possessing negative masses and infinite angular momenta which are attached to the poles of a static finite rod of positive mass.
Cite
@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0505001,
title = {Physical interpretation of NUT solution},
author = {V. S. Manko and E. Ruiz},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0505001},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
7 pages, 1 figure, submitted to Classical and Quantum Gravity