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Approximate solutions of the general relativity field equations with a scalar meson field

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

J. Hyde
J. Hyde
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Department of Mathematics, Imperial College, London, S.W. 7
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It was shown by Birkhoff ((1), p. 253) that every spherically symmetric solution of the field equations of general relativity for empty space,

may be reduced, by suitable coordinate transformations, to the static Schwarzschild form:

where m is a constant. This result is known as Birkhoff's theorem and excludes the possibility of spherically symmetric gravitational radiation. Different proofs of the theorem have been given by Eiesland(2), Tolman(3), and Bonnor ((4), p. 167).

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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 59 , Issue 4 , October 1963 , pp. 739 - 741
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1963

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