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We continue to study the construction of explicit solutions of the stationary axisymmetric Einstein equations, interpretable as counterrotating disks of dust. We discuss the previously constructed class of solutions for disks with constant angular velocity and constant relative density. The metric for these space–times is given in terms of theta functions on a Riemann surface of genus two. We discuss the metric functions at the axis of symmetry and on the disk. Interesting limiting cases are the Newtonian, static, and ultrarelativistic limits (in the latter limit, the central red shift diverges).
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Klein, C. Exact Relativistic Treatment of Stationary Counter-Rotating Dust Disks: Axis, Disk, and Limiting Cases. Theoretical and Mathematical Physics 127, 767–778 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1010499718119
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