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There has been no Kerr-like solution to Rosen's bimetric theory of gravity, in the sense that there is no stationary, axially symmetric solution with angular momentum term. Here such a solution is derived and investigated.
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Knill, R.J., Stoeger, W.R. & Whitman, A.P. Axially symmetric solution to Rosen's field equations with angular momentum. Int J Theor Phys 27, 283–288 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00670755
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