The free precession of slowly rotating neutron stars rigid-body motion in general relativity

DOI10.1093/mnras/205.3.809zbMath0592.70010OpenAlexW2059655272WikidataQ40798616 ScholiaQ40798616MaRDI QIDQ3721860

Kip S. Thorne, Yekta Guersel

Publication date: 1983

Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/205.3.809

zbMATH Keywords

classical Euler equationsEinstein's equations from non- rotating, static solutionsfree precessionfully general relativistic bodiesgeneral relativistic gravitylimit of slow rotationslowly rotating neutron stars

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Free motion of a rigid body (70E15) Exact solutions to problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C15) Galactic and stellar dynamics (85A05)

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