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Two axisymmetric black holes cannot be in static equilibrium

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No static equilibrium configuration of two black holes can exist in an axisymmetric asymptotically flat vacuum space-time.

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  1. Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Hamburg, Germany

    Henning Müller Zum Hagen & Hans J. Seifert

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  1. Henning Müller Zum Hagen
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Work partly supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.

For a definition of ‘axisymmetry’ see Carter (1972).

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Müller Zum Hagen, H., Seifert, H.J. Two axisymmetric black holes cannot be in static equilibrium. Int J Theor Phys 8, 443–450 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00670978

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