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Homotopically nontrivial solutions for a spherically symmetric gravitational field

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The structure of kink solutions to the Einstein field equations is discussed and the most general form of spherically symmetric kink metric is constructed. A number of fluid solutions are investigated and an imperfect fluid solution with nonzero heat conduction is presented.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, Mount Saint Vincent University, B3M 2J6, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

    Tina A. Harriott

  2. Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Brandon University, R7A 6A9, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada

    J. G. Williams

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Harriott, T.A., Williams, J.G. Homotopically nontrivial solutions for a spherically symmetric gravitational field. Int J Theor Phys 28, 511–525 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00670832

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