Rotating figures of equilibrium in General Relativity
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
A generalization of the notion of surfaces of revolution in the spaces of General Relativity is presented. We apply this definition to the case of Carter's family [A] of solutions and we study the Kerr's metric with respect the above mentioned foliation.
Cite
@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0511078,
title = {Rotating figures of equilibrium in General Relativity},
author = {T. Papakostas},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0511078},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
21 pages, research paper, submitted to "Classical and Quantum Gravity"