This article may be too technical for most readers to understand.(October 2013) |
General relativity |
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In general relativity, the WeylâLewisâPapapetrou coordinates are a set of coordinates, used in the solutions to the vacuum region surrounding an axisymmetric distribution of massâenergy. They are named for Hermann Weyl, Thomas Lewis, and Achilles Papapetrou. [1] [2] [3]
The square of the line element is of the form: [4]
where (t, Ï, Ï, z) are the cylindrical WeylâLewisâPapapetrou coordinates in 3 + 1 spacetime, and λ, Îœ, Ï, and B, are unknown functions of the spatial non-angular coordinates Ï and z only. Different authors define the functions of the coordinates differently.
This article may be too technical for most readers to understand.(October 2013) |
General relativity |
---|
In general relativity, the WeylâLewisâPapapetrou coordinates are a set of coordinates, used in the solutions to the vacuum region surrounding an axisymmetric distribution of massâenergy. They are named for Hermann Weyl, Thomas Lewis, and Achilles Papapetrou. [1] [2] [3]
The square of the line element is of the form: [4]
where (t, Ï, Ï, z) are the cylindrical WeylâLewisâPapapetrou coordinates in 3 + 1 spacetime, and λ, Îœ, Ï, and B, are unknown functions of the spatial non-angular coordinates Ï and z only. Different authors define the functions of the coordinates differently.