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Two bodies at rest in general relativity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

L. Marder
L. Marder
Affiliation:
King's CollegeLondon*
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Abstract

It is well known that there is no static axisymmetric two-body solution of Einstein's gravitational field equations, if it is assumed that the bodies are separated in a certain definite sense. In this paper it is shown, by the construction of a complete physically sensible model, that static two-body solutions do exist for systems in which one body is hollow and contains the other. The stability of the particular system described is briefly discussed.

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Research Article
Information
Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 55 , Issue 1 , January 1959 , pp. 82 - 86
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1959

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