A source of the C-metric with perfect translational inertial dragging

2014/08/20 by Arnfinnsson, Brynjar, Grøn, Øyvind
#FOS: Physical sciences #General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)

paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1408.4588

Abstract

A new source of the C-metric is described using Israel's formalism. This source is a singular accelerated shell. By construction, perfect inertial dragging is realized inside the shell. The equation of state and energy conditions for the shell are discussed.

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