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Trajectories in a space with a spherically symmetric dislocation

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2015-06-04 v1 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

Abstract

We consider a new type of defect in the scope of linear elasticity theory, using geometrical methods. This defect is produced by a spherically symmetric dislocation, or ball dislocation. We derive the induced metric as well as the affine connections and curvature tensors. Since the induced metric is discontinuous, one can expect ambiguity coming from these quantities, due to products between delta functions or its derivatives, plaguing a description of ball dislocations based on the Geometric Theory of Defects. However, exactly as in the previous case of cylindric defect, one can obtain some well-defined physical predictions of the induced geometry. In particular, we explore some properties of test particle trajectories around the defect and show that these trajectories are curved but can not be circular orbits.

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@article{arxiv.1203.5421,
  title  = {Trajectories in a space with a spherically symmetric dislocation},
  author = {Alcides F. Andrade and Guilherme de Berredo-Peixoto},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1203.5421},
  year   = {2015}
}

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11 pages, 3 figures

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