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Rotating elastic bodies in Einstein gravity

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2011-07-28 v1

Abstract

We prove that, given a stress-free, axially symmetric elastic body, there exists, for sufficiently small values of the gravitational constant and of the angular frequency, a unique stationary axisymmetric solution to the Einstein equations coupled to the equations of relativistic elasticity with the body performing rigid rotations around the symmetry axis at the given angular frequency.

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@article{arxiv.0811.0932,
  title  = {Rotating elastic bodies in Einstein gravity},
  author = {Lars Andersson and Robert Beig and Bernd Schmidt},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0811.0932},
  year   = {2011}
}

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27 pages

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