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The exterior gravitational field of a static and stationary mass with an arbitrary set of multipole moments

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New exact asymptotically flat solutions of Einstein's vacuum equations for the description of the exterior gravitational field of a static and stationary mass with an arbitrary mass-multipole structure are presented.

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Manko, V.S. The exterior gravitational field of a static and stationary mass with an arbitrary set of multipole moments. Gen Relat Gravit 24, 35–45 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00756872

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