New Formulation of the Axially Symmetric Gravitational Field Problem. II

Frederick J. Ernst
Phys. Rev. 168, 1415 – Published 25 April 1968; Erratum Phys. Rev. 172, 1850 (1968)
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Abstract

The coupled Einstein-Maxwell field equations are reformulated in terms of a pair of complex functions which have especially simple forms in the case of known axially symmetric stationary solutions. The formalism affords, in particular, a simple derivation of a solution previously guessed by Newman et al.

  • Received 21 December 1967

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.168.1415

©1968 American Physical Society

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Frederick J. Ernst

  • Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois 60616

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Vol. 168, Iss. 5 — April 1968

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