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A highly accurate computer program is used to study axially symmetric and stationary spacetimes containing a Black Hole surrounded by a ring of matter. It is shown that the matter ring affects the properties of the Black Hole drastically.…
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We show that the $S^1$-rotating black rings can be superposed by the solution generating technique. We analyze the black diring solution for the simplest case of multiple rings. There exists an equilibrium black diring where the conical…
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