The static cylinder, gyroscopes, the C metric, and all that
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2015-06-25 v1
Abstract
The physical meaning of the Levi-Civita spacetime for some "critical" values of the parameter sigma, is discussed in the light of gedanken experiments performed with gyroscopes circumventing the axis of symmetry. The fact that sigma=1/2 corresponds to flat space described from the point of view of an accelerated frame of reference, led us to incorporate the C metric into discussion. The interpretation of phi as an angle variable for any value of sigma, appears to be at the origen of difficulties.
Cite
@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0010017,
title = {The static cylinder, gyroscopes, the C metric, and all that},
author = {L. Herrera and J. Ruifernandez and N. O. Santos},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0010017},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
17 pages Latex, five figures. To appear in Gen.Rel.Grav