Axisymmetric Black Hole Has Only Two Degrees of Freedom

1971/02/08 by B. Carter · 46 citations
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paper · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.26.331

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Abstract

A theorem is described which establishes the claim that in a certain canonical sense the Kerr metrics represent "the" (rather than merely "some possible") exterior fields of black holes with the corresponding mass and angular-momentum values.

Citations

• The singularities of gravitational collapse and cosmology
• Gravitational Collapse and Space-Time Singularities
• Global Structure of the Kerr Family of Gravitational Fields

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