ROTATING KINK SPACETIME IN 2+1 DIMENSIONS

Authors
WILLIAMS JG
Citation
Jg. Williams, ROTATING KINK SPACETIME IN 2+1 DIMENSIONS, General relativity and gravitation, 30(1), 1998, pp. 27-33
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
General relativity and gravitation → ACNP
ISSN journal
00017701
Volume
30
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
27 - 33
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-7701(1998)30:1<27:RKSI2D>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
A new family of solutions is presented for the (2+1)-dimensional Einst ein equations with a rotating perfect fluid source. The mass density a nd pressure are everywhere positive. Features of the spacetime include closed timelike curves and Finkelstein-Misner metrical kinks.