Sources for the Majumdar-Papapetrou space-times

Metin Gürses
Phys. Rev. D 58, 044001 – Published 26 June 1998
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Abstract

Einstein’s field equations are solved exactly for static charged dust distributions. These solutions generalize the Majumdar-Papapetrou metrics. Maxwell’s equations lead to the equality of charge and mass densities of the dust distrubition. Einstein’s equations reduce to a nonlinear version of Poisson’s equation.

  • Received 26 January 1998

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.58.044001

©1998 American Physical Society

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Metin Gürses*

  • Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Bilkent University, 06533 Ankara, Turkey

  • *Email address: gurses@fen.bilkent.edu.tr

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Vol. 58, Iss. 4 — 15 August 1998

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