General Relativity and Gravitation

, Volume 12, Issue 12, pp 1003–1013 | Cite as

The stationary gravitational field near spatial infinity

  • R. Beig
  • W. Simon
Research Articles

Abstract

Any stationary, asymptotically flat solution to Einstein's equation is shown to asymptotically approach the Kerr solution in a precise sense. As an application of this result we prove a technical lemma on the existence of harmonic coordinates near infinity.

Keywords

Differential Geometry Gravitational Field Technical Lemma Precise Sense Kerr Solution 
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© Plenum Publishing Corporation 1980

Authors and Affiliations

  • R. Beig
    • 1
  • W. Simon
    • 1
  1. 1.Institut für Theoretische PhysikUniversität WienÖsterreich

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