Static axisymmetric spacetimes with prescribed multipole moments

• In this paper we develop a method of finding the static axisymmetric spacetime corresponding to any given set ofmultipolemoments. In addition to an implicit algebraic form for the general solution, we also give a power series expression for all finite sets of multipole moments. As conjectured by Geroch we prove in the special case of axisymmetry, that there is a static spacetime for any given set of multipole moments subject to a (specified) convergence criterion. We also use this method to confirm a conjecture of Hernández-Pastora and Martín concerning the monopole–quadrupole solution.

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NATURVETENSKAP  -- Matematik (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Mathematics (hsv//eng)

Keyword

static

axisymmetric

exact solution

multipole moments

spacetime

algebraic equation

MATHEMATICS

MATEMATIK

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