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Gravitational Field of a Spinning Mass as an Example of Algebraically Special Metrics

Roy P. Kerr
Phys. Rev. Lett. 11, 237 – Published 1 September 1963
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  • Received 26 July 1963

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.11.237

©1963 American Physical Society

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Roy P. Kerr

  • University of Texas, Austin, Texas
  • Aerospace Research Laboratories, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio

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Vol. 11, Iss. 5 — 1 September 1963

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