Charge and mass multipole moments in general relativity

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dc.contributor.authorPerry, George Philipen_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-15T17:15:17Z
dc.date.available2024-08-15T17:15:17Z
dc.date.copyright1992en_US
dc.date.issued1992
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Physics and Astronomy
dc.degree.levelMaster of Science M.Sc.en
dc.description.abstractMultipole moments in the Weyl class of static, axially-symmetric electrovac­uum spacetimes are studied from both the the Erez-Rosen and Geroch-Hansen­-Hoenselaers formalisms. The Erez-Rosen formalism is generalized from their un­charged formalism to describe the electric and gravitational fields of a charged body. Both formalisms show the interdependency of mass and charge on both the mass and charge multipole moments. We suggest how one can utilize both formalisms to experimentally determine the multipole structure of a spacetime. Two methods for determining the Newtonian limit of a pure vacuum axially-symmetric spacetime are examined. One method is inadequate for determining such multipole moments. The other method is generalized to describe the Newtonian limit of charged spacetimes. The charged Curzon solution was studied as an example.en
dc.format.extent71 pages
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1828/19283
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectUN SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communitiesen
dc.titleCharge and mass multipole moments in general relativityen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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