Birkhoff Theorem and Matter
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2015-06-04 v1 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Abstract
Birkhoff's theorem for spherically symmetric vacuum spacetimes is a key theorem in studying local systems in general relativity theory. However realistic local systems are only approximately spherically symmetric and only approximately vacuum. In a previous paper, we showed the theorem remains approximately true in an approximately spherically symmetric vacuum space time. In this paper we prove the converse case: the theorem remains approximately true in a spherically symmetric, approximately vacuum space time.
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@article{arxiv.1202.0240,
title = {Birkhoff Theorem and Matter},
author = {Rituparno Goswami and George F. R. Ellis},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1202.0240},
year = {2015}
}
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7 pages, Revtex4