2000/01/19 by C. A. Pickett, J. D. Zund
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Black hole (networking) #Event (particle physics) #Event horizon #Horizon #Limit (mathematics) #Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories #Surface (topology) #gr-qc
paper · pdf · doi:10.1119/1.19536
published as Am.J.Phys. 68 (2000) 746-748 · LaTeX2e, 6 pages, Accepted by the American Journal of Physics
arxiv created 2000/01/19 · openalex publication_date 2000/08/01 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
We present an elementary evaluation of the surface areas of the event horizon and stationary limit surface for an uncharged Kerr black hole. The latter appears not to have been previously given in the literature, and permits us to suggest new geometrical/physical interpretations of these areas.