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The Vaidya metric representing the gravitational field of a radiating star is generalized to spacetimes of dimensions greater than four.
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Iyer, B.R., Vishveshwara, C.V. The Vaidya solution in higher dimensions. Pramana - J Phys 32, 749–752 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02845995
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