Israel–Carter–Robinson uniqueness theorems

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The Israel–Carter–Robinson uniqueness theorems are a set of results in general relativity showing that stationary, asymptotically flat black holes in four-dimensional spacetime are completely characterized by just their mass, charge, and angular momentum.

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instanceOf black hole uniqueness theorem ⓘ
theorem in general relativity ⓘ
appliesTo asymptotically flat spacetimes ⓘ
four-dimensional spacetime ⓘ
stationary black holes ⓘ
assumes Einstein–Maxwell theory ⓘ
asymptotic flatness ⓘ
four spacetime dimensions ⓘ
non-degenerate event horizon ⓘ
regularity of the event horizon ⓘ
stationarity ⓘ
vacuum or electrovacuum outside the black hole ⓘ
characterizesBy angular momentum ⓘ
electric charge ⓘ
mass ⓘ
concerns Kerr black hole ⓘ
linked to: Kerr metric

Kerr–Newman black hole ⓘ
Reissner–Nordström black hole ⓘ
Schwarzschild black hole ⓘ
axisymmetric black holes ⓘ
classical black holes ⓘ
event horizons ⓘ
stationary axisymmetric solutions ⓘ
stationary solutions of Einstein–Maxwell equations ⓘ
dimension 4 ⓘ
excludes black holes with non-Abelian gauge fields ⓘ
black holes with scalar hair ⓘ
higher-dimensional black holes ⓘ
non-asymptotically flat black holes ⓘ
field general relativity ⓘ
historicalPeriod late 1960s and early 1970s ⓘ
implies no-hair property of black holes ⓘ
uniqueness of the Kerr solution for rotating uncharged black holes ⓘ
uniqueness of the Kerr–Newman family for rotating charged black holes ⓘ
influenced modern black hole classification ⓘ
involves Einstein field equations ⓘ
global methods in differential geometry ⓘ
properties of Killing vector fields ⓘ
language mathematical physics ⓘ
namedAfter Brandon Carter ⓘ
David C. Robinson ⓘ
Werner Israel ⓘ
relatedTo no-hair theorem ⓘ
requires axisymmetry for rotating black holes ⓘ
statesThat a static, asymptotically flat electrovacuum black hole is the Reissner–Nordström solution ⓘ
a static, asymptotically flat vacuum black hole is the Schwarzschild solution ⓘ
a stationary, axisymmetric, asymptotically flat electrovacuum black hole is a Kerr–Newman solution ⓘ
typeOf uniqueness theorem ⓘ
validIn classical general relativity ⓘ

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