Thorne, Kip S. (1975) A toroidal solution of the vacuum Einstein field equations. Journal of Mathematical Physics, 16 (9). pp. 1860-1865. ISSN 0022-2488 http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:THOjmp75
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Abstract
This paper presents a new solution to the vacuum Einstein field equations for the static external gravitational field of a toroidal singularity. This solution is unique among known toroidal solutions in that the singularity is locally cylindrically symmetric; near it the spacetime geometry becomes that of an infinite line mass ("Levi-Civita metric").
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| Additional Information: | © 1975 American Institute of Physics. Received 6 May 1975. For helpful discussions I wish to thank Dieter Brill, Achilles Papapetrou, and John A. Wheeler. |
| Group: | TAPIR |
| Record Number: | CaltechAUTHORS:THOjmp75 |
| Persistent URL: | http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:THOjmp75 |
| Alternative URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.522763 |
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| ID Code: | 10778 |
| Collection: | CaltechAUTHORS |
| Deposited By: | Tony Diaz |
| Deposited On: | 10 Jun 2008 |
| Last Modified: | 26 Dec 2012 10:04 |
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