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Second order perturbations of rotating bodies in equilibrium; the exterior vacuum problem

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We study the exterior vacuum problem for first and second order stationary and axially symmetric perturbations of static bodies. The boundary conditions and their compatibility for the existence of an asymptotically flat exterior solution are discussed.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0502063,
  title  = {Second order perturbations of rotating bodies in equilibrium; the exterior vacuum problem},
  author = {Malcolm A. H. MacCallum and Marc Mars and Raul Vera},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0502063},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

LaTeX, 6 pages, uses ere04.cls style, to appear in the proceedings of the Spanish Relativity Meeting ERE'04