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Single Kerr-Schild metric for Taub-NUT instanton
Phys. Rev. D 111, L021703 – Published 22 January, 2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.111.L021703
Abstract
It is shown that a complex coordinate transformation maps the Taub-Newman-Unti-Tamburino instanton metric to a Kerr-Schild metric. This metric involves a semi-infinite line defect as the gravitational analog of the Dirac string, much like the original metric. Moreover, it facilitates three versions of classical double copy correspondence with the self-dual dyon in electromagnetism, one of which involves a nonlocal operator. The relevance to the Newman-Janis algorithm is briefly noted.
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