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Antigravity from a spacetime defect

F. R. Klinkhamer, J. M. Queiruga

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Abstract

We argue that there may exist spacetime defects embedded in Minkowski spacetime, which have negative active gravitational mass. One such spacetime defect then repels a test particle, corresponding to what may be called "antigravity."

arXiv comments
16 pages, v5: published version
Journal reference
Phys. Rev. D 97, 124047 (2018)
DOI
doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.97.124047
Subjects
gr-qcGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology hep-thHigh Energy Physics, Theory

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