A Remark on the Matter-Vacuum Matching Problem for Axisymmetric Metrics Governed by the Einstein-Euler Equations

TL;DR

This paper discusses the open problem of extending axially symmetric solutions of Einstein-Euler equations to a global setting and explores the matter-vacuum matching problem related to the Kerr metric.

Contribution

It provides a remark on the open matter-vacuum matching problem for axisymmetric metrics governed by Einstein-Euler equations.

Findings

Construction of stationary metrics in large bounded domains

Discussion of the open problem of global prolongation

Analysis of the matter-vacuum matching problem for Kerr metric

Abstract

Axially symmetric stationary metrics governed by the Einstein-Euler equations for slowly rotating perfect fluids have been constructed in an arbitrarily large bounded domain containing the support of the mass density. However the problem of global prolongation of the metric is still open. On the other hand the so called matter-vacuum matching problem, particularly as the source problem for the Kerr metric, has been discussed by several authors. This can be regarded as the approach to the same open problem in the opposite direction. We give a remark on this open problem.