Taub-NUT from the Dirac monopole

Godazgar, Hadi; Godazgar, Mahdi; Pope, C. N.

doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2019.134938

Title: Taub-NUT from the Dirac monopole

Abstract

Writing the metric of an asymptotically flat spacetime in Bondi coordinates provides an elegant way of formulating the Einstein equation as a characteristic value problem. In this setting, we find that a specific class of asymptotically flat spacetimes, including stationary solutions, contains a Maxwell gauge field as free data. Choosing this gauge field to correspond to the Dirac monopole, we derive the Taub-NUT solution in Bondi coordinates.

Authors:

Godazgar, Hadi;

; Pope, C. N.

Publication Date:: 2019-11-01

Research Org.:: Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

OSTI Identifier:: 1564527

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1802169

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0010813

Resource Type:: Published Article

Journal Name:: Physics Letters B

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: Physics Letters B Journal Volume: 798 Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0370-2693

Publisher:: Elsevier

Country of Publication:: Netherlands

Language:: English

Subject:: 79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS; Astronomy & Astrophysics; Physics

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                    Godazgar, Hadi, Godazgar, Mahdi, and Pope, C. N. Taub-NUT from the Dirac monopole.  Netherlands: N. p., 2019. 
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                    Godazgar, Hadi, Godazgar, Mahdi, & Pope, C. N. Taub-NUT from the Dirac monopole.  Netherlands.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2019.134938

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                    Godazgar, Hadi, Godazgar, Mahdi, and Pope, C. N. Fri .  
"Taub-NUT from the Dirac monopole".  Netherlands.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2019.134938.

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  abstractNote = {Writing the metric of an asymptotically flat spacetime in Bondi coordinates provides an elegant way of formulating the Einstein equation as a characteristic value problem. In this setting, we find that a specific class of asymptotically flat spacetimes, including stationary solutions, contains a Maxwell gauge field as free data. Choosing this gauge field to correspond to the Dirac monopole, we derive the Taub-NUT solution in Bondi coordinates.},

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  journal      = {Physics Letters B},

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