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A null dust solution is an exact solution of Einstein's field equation in which the Einstein tensor is null. Physically speaking, this means that it describes either gravitational radiation, or some kind of nongravitational radiation which is described by a relativistic classical field theory (such as electromagnetic radiation), or both. Null dusts include vacuum solutions as a special case.