Published February 1974
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Journal article
Local observations of geodesics in the extended Kerr manifold
Creators
- 1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131
Description
Geodesics along the axis of symmetry in Carter's extension of the Kerr metric are divided into two types by the sign of the constant of the motion associated with the timelike Killing vector, and it is shown that this also divides them as to their place of origin on the manifold, which contains infinitely many copies of two different spaces which are flat at r = ± ∞. It is shown that geodesics cannot cross from one space to the other, but that a trajectory with properly applied acceleration can cross over.
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1063/1.1666611;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Journal of Mathematical Physics
- Journal Volume
- 15
- Journal Issue
- 2
- Series
- J. Math. Phys. (N.Y.).
- Journal Page Range
- 147-148
- ISSN
- 0022-2488
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 5144386
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- COORDINATES; GENERAL RELATIVITY THEORY; GEODESY; GEOMETRY; KERR METRIC; METRICS; SPACE-TIME
- Descriptors DEC
- MATHEMATICS; RELATIVITY THEORY
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