Gravitational field of a global monopole
Manuel BarriolaPhysics Department, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155Alexander VilenkinPhysics Department, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155
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Abstract
We present an approximate solution of the Einstein equations for the metric outside a monopole resulting from the breaking of a global O(3) symmetry. The monopole exerts practically no gravitational force on nonrelativistic matter, but the space around it has a deficit solid angle, and all light rays are deflected by the same angle, independent of the impact parameter.
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