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Rigidly Rotating Dust in General Relativity

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A solution to the Einstein field equations that represents a rigidly rotating dust accompanied by a thin matter shell of the same type is found.

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de Araujo, J.C.N., Wang, A. Rigidly Rotating Dust in General Relativity. General Relativity and Gravitation 32, 1971–1980 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1001929732549

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