Taub–NUT space
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The Taub–NUT metric (/tɔːb nʌt/[1] or /tɔːb ɛnjuːˈtiː/) is an exact solution to Einstein's equations, a cosmological model formulated in the framework of general relativity.
The Taub–NUT space was found by Abraham Haskel Taub (1951), and extended to a larger manifold by E. Newman, L. Tamburino, and T. Unti (1963), whose initials form the "NUT" of "Taub–NUT".
Taub's solution is an empty space solution of Einstein's equations with topology R×S3 and metric
where
and m and l are positive constants.
Taub's metric has coordinate singularities at , and Newman, Tamburino and Unti showed how to extend the metric across these surfaces.
Notes
- ↑ McGraw-Hill Science & Technology Dictionary: "Taub NUT space"
References
- Newman, E.; Tamburino, L.; Unti, T. (1963), "Empty-space generalization of the Schwarzschild metric", Journal of Mathematical Physics, 4: 915–923, Bibcode:1963JMP.....4..915N, ISSN 0022-2488, MR 0152345, doi:10.1063/1.1704018
- Taub, A. H. (1951), "Empty space-times admitting a three parameter group of motions", Annals of Mathematics. Second Series, 53: 472–490, ISSN 0003-486X, JSTOR 1969567, MR 0041565, doi:10.2307/1969567
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