The Symmetries of Kerr Black Holes

Hughston, L P and Sommers, P. 1973. The Symmetries of Kerr Black Holes. Communications in Mathematical Physics, 33(2), pp. 129-133. ISSN 0010-3616 [Article]

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The Kerr solution describes, in Einstein's theory, the gravitational field of a rotating black hole. The axial symmetry and stationarity of the solution are shown here to arise in a simple way from properties of the curvature tensor.

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Article

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https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01645624

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Computing

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June 1973Published

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31607

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14 Mar 2022 15:28

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https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/31607

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