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| has gloss | eng: In general relativity, the van Stockum dust is an exact solution of the Einstein field equation in which the gravitational field is generated by dust rotating about an axis of cylindrical symmetry. Since the density of the dust is increasing with distance from this axis, the solution is rather artificial, but as one of the simplest known solutions in general relativity, it stands as a pedagogically important example. |
| lexicalization | eng: van Stockum dust |
| instance of | e/Exact solutions in general relativity |
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| media:img | VanStockum dust inspiral.gif |
| media:img | VanStockum dust tiltcones.gif |
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