The Levi-Civita space-time as a limiting case of the gamma space-time

Authors
Herrera, L Paiva, FM Santos, NO
Citation
L. Herrera et al., The Levi-Civita space-time as a limiting case of the gamma space-time, J MATH PHYS, 40(8), 1999, pp. 4064-4071
Citations number
28
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
JOURNAL OF MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS
ISSN journal
00222488 → ACNP
Volume
40
Issue
8
Year of publication
1999
Pages
4064 - 4071
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-2488(199908)40:8<4064:TLSAAL>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
It is shown that the Levi-Civita metric can be obtained from a family of th e Weyl metric, the gamma metric, by taking the limit when the length of its Newtonian image source tends to infinity. In this process a relationship a ppears between two fundamental parameters of both metrics. (C) 1999 America n Institute of Physics. [S0022-2488(99)02507-4].