Relativistic figures of equilibrium
By: Reinhard Meinel ... [et al.].
Contributors: Meinel, Reinhard.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780521863834
Subjects: Rotating masses of fluid; Equilibrium; Relativity (Physics); Astrophysics
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Notation; title: Rotating fluid bodies in equilibrium; title: The concept of an isolated body; title: Fluid bodies in equilibrium; title: The metric of an axisymmetric perfect fluid body in stationary rotation; title: Einstein's field equations inside and outside the body; title: Equations of state; title: Physical properties; title: Limiting cases; title: Transition to black holes; title: Analytical treatment of limiting cases; title: MacLaurin spheroids; title: Schwarzschild spheres; title: The rigidly rotating disc of dust; title: The Kerr metric as the solution to a boundary value problem; title: Numerical treatment of the general case; title: A multi-domain spectral method; title: Coordinate mappings; title: Equilibrium configurations of homogeneous fluids; title: Configurations with other equations of state; title: Fluid rings with a central black hole.