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The separable analogue of Kerr in Newtonian gravity

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2015-06-12 v2

Abstract

General Relativity's Kerr metric is famous for its many symmetries which are responsible for the separability of the Hamilton-Jacobi equation governing the geodesic motion and of the Teukolsky equation for wave dynamics. We show that there is a unique stationary and axisymmetric Newtonian gravitational potential that has exactly the same dual property of separable point-particle and wave motion equations. This `Kerr metric analogue' of Newtonian gravity is none other than Euler's 18th century problem of two-fixed gravitating centers.

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@article{arxiv.1301.3309,
  title  = {The separable analogue of Kerr in Newtonian gravity},
  author = {K. Glampedakis and T. A. Apostolatos},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1301.3309},
  year   = {2015}
}

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11 pages, final published version with some additional references