Kerr metric

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The Kerr metric is the exact general relativity solution describing the spacetime geometry around a rotating, uncharged black hole.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Lorentzian metric
black hole solution
exact solution of Einstein field equations
stationary axisymmetric spacetime
vacuum solution in general relativity
allows Penrose process for energy extraction
superradiant scattering
appliesTo rotating uncharged black holes
belongsToTheory general relativity
describes exterior gravitational field of a rotating mass
spacetime geometry around a rotating uncharged black hole
dimension 4-dimensional spacetime
generalizes Schwarzschild solution
hasCondition |a| ≤ M for a black hole
hasCoordinateSystem Boyer–Lindquist coordinates
Kerr–Schild coordinates
hasCurvatureInvariant nonzero Kretschmann scalar
hasEffect Lense–Thirring precession near the black hole
hasFeature Killing horizon
ergosphere
event horizon
frame dragging
ring singularity
hasInvariant Kerr parameter a = J/M
hasParameter mass parameter M
spin parameter a
hasProperty Ricci-flat
asymptotically flat
axisymmetric
stationary
vacuum
hasRegion ergosphere between event horizon and static limit
inner Cauchy horizon at r_- = M - sqrt(M^2 - a^2)
outer event horizon at r_+ = M + sqrt(M^2 - a^2)
hasSymmetry axial symmetry
time-translation symmetry
two commuting Killing vector fields
hasTopology ring-shaped singularity in the equatorial plane
isGeneralizedBy Kerr–Newman metric
isUsedIn accretion disk models around black holes
astrophysical modeling of rotating black holes
gravitational wave modeling from compact binaries
reducesTo Schwarzschild metric when spin parameter a = 0
satisfies vacuum Einstein equations R_{μν} = 0
signature Lorentzian signature (-,+,+,+)
solves Einstein field equations in vacuum
wasProposedBy Roy Kerr
yearProposed 1963

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The Mathematical Theory of Black Holes mainSubject Kerr black hole
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Kerr–Newman black hole generalizes Kerr black hole
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Kerr–Newman black hole hasEffect Lense–Thirring precession
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Israel–Carter–Robinson uniqueness theorems concerns Kerr black hole
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general relativity includes Kerr metric
Kerr Penrose diagram represents Kerr spacetime
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Kerr Penrose diagram basedOn Kerr metric
Boyer–Lindquist coordinates introducedInContext Kerr solution
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Penrose process for energy extraction appliesTo Kerr black hole
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Penrose process for energy extraction mathematicalFramework Kerr spacetime
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Kerr–Schild coordinates usedIn Kerr spacetime
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Roy Kerr knownFor Kerr metric
Roy Kerr notableConcept Kerr black hole
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Roy Kerr notableConcept Kerr spacetime
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Penrose–Carter diagram appliesTo Kerr spacetime
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Gravitation (with Charles Misner and Kip Thorne) covers Kerr black holes
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Rotating Black Holes: Locally Nonrotating Frames, Energy Extraction, and Scalar Synchrotron Radiation mainSubject Kerr black hole
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Rotating Black Holes: Locally Nonrotating Frames, Energy Extraction, and Scalar Synchrotron Radiation usesSpacetimeMetric Kerr metric
Rotating Black Holes: Locally Nonrotating Frames, Energy Extraction, and Scalar Synchrotron Radiation context Kerr solution of Einstein's field equations
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Cauchy horizon occursIn Kerr spacetime
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Blandford–Znajek process appliesTo Kerr black holes
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Richard W. Lindquist associatedWithConcept Kerr black hole
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Boyer–Lindquist coordinates appliesTo Kerr metric
subject linked to: Richard W. Lindquist