Equatorial Plane Circular Orbits in the Taub-NUT Spacetime

Author: Bini Donato   Cherubini Christian   de Mattia Marco   Jantzen Robert T.  

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company

ISSN: 0001-7701

Source: General Relativity and Gravitation, Vol.35, Iss.12, 2003-12, pp. : 2249-2260

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Abstract

Accelerated circular orbits in the equatorial plane of the Taub-NUT spacetime are analyzed to investigate the effects of its gravitomagnetic monopole source. The effect of a small gravitomagnetic monopole on these orbits is compared to the corresponding orbits pushed slightly off the equatorial plane in the absence of the monopole.