paper

Non-axisymmetric configurations in the post-Newtonian Approximation to General Relativity

arXiv:1003.2061

Abstract

We use surface adapted ellipsoidal coordinates to obtain a first order post-Newtonian (PN) approximation to Dedekind ellipsoids with the intention of proceeding to higher orders.

3 pages, no figures, contribution to the 12th Marcel Grossmann Meeting (Paris, July 12 - 18, 2009), submitted to the Conference Proceedings, v2: minor changes