Closed timelike curves and geodesics of Godel-type metrics

Date

2006-04-07

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Gleiser, RJ
Gurses, M
Karasu, Atalay
Sarıoğlu, Bahtiyar Özgür

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it is shown explicitly that when the characteristic vector field that defines a Godel-type metric is also a Killing vector, there always exist closed timelike or null curves in spacetimes described by such a metric. For these geometries, the geodesic curves are also shown to be characterized by a lower-dimensional Lorentz force equation for a charged point particle in the relevant Riemannian background. Moreover, two explicit examples are given for which timelike and null geodesics can never be closed.

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Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/42512

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