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Weyl-type Fields with Geodesic Lines of Force

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2015-06-25 v1

Abstract

The static electrogravitational equations are studied and it is shown that an aligned type D metric which has a Weyl-type relationship between the gravitational and electric potential has shearfree geodesic lines of force. All such fields are then found and turn out to be the fields of a charged sphere, charged infinite rod and charged infinite plate. A further solution is also found with shearing geodesic lines of force. This new solution can have m>em>|e| or m<em<|e|, but cannot be in the Majumdar-Papapetrou class (in which m=em = |e|). It is algebraically general and has flat equipotential surfaces.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9905060,
  title  = {Weyl-type Fields with Geodesic Lines of Force},
  author = {Brendan S. Guilfoyle},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9905060},
  year   = {2015}
}

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