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A new interpretation of the NUT metric in general relativity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

W. B. Bonnor
W. B. Bonnor
Affiliation:
Queen Elizabeth College, London, W 8
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Abstract

The NUT metric is interpreted as the field of (a) a mass around the origin of coordinates, and (b) a semi-infinite massless source of angular momentum.

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Research Article
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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 66 , Issue 1 , July 1969 , pp. 145 - 151
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1969

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