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A class of approximate exterior rotating solutions of Einstein's equations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 October 2008
Abstract
A class of approximate stationary vacuum solutions are obtained by expanding the metric in powers of a certain parameter, and by solving explicitly the first few orders in terms of two harmonic functions ø and ψ. These solutions, to the order considered, reduce to the Weyl solutions when ψ = 0 and yield the Papapetrou solutions when ø = 0, and contain a subclass that is asymptotically flat and has non-zero mass. The physical interpretation and the possibility of proceeding further are briefly discussed.
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- Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 79 , Issue 1 , January 1976 , pp. 161 - 166
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- Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1976
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