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Variations on spacetimes with boost-rotation symmetry

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2012-10-23 v1

Abstract

Some new results on the boost-rotation symmetric spacetimes representing pairs of rotating charged objects accelerated in opposite directions are summarized. A particular attention is paid to (a) the Newtonian limit analyzed using the Ehlers frame theory and (b) the special-relativistic limit of the C-metric. Starting from the new, simpler form of the rotating charged C-metric we also show how to remove nodal singularities and obtain a rotating charged black hole freely falling in an external electromagnetic field.

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@article{arxiv.1210.5870,
  title  = {Variations on spacetimes with boost-rotation symmetry},
  author = {Jiří Bičák and David Kofroň},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1210.5870},
  year   = {2012}
}

Comments

4 pages, 3 figures; Contribution to the proceedings of "Relativity and Gravitation - 100 years after Einstein in Prague" (Prague, June 25-29, 2012)

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