Published December 15, 2003 | Version v1
Journal article

Vaidya's 'Kerr-Einstein' metric cannot be matched to the Kerr metric

Creators

  • 1. School of Mathematical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS (United Kingdom)

Description

An attempt is made to match the Kerr metric with Vaidya's description of a black hole in a cosmological background. The attempt is unsuccessful and shows that the object at the center of Vaidya's metric is certainly non-Kerr like

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
68
Journal Issue
12
Journal Page Range
p. 124008-124008.4
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
35082470
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
BLACK HOLES; COSMOLOGICAL MODELS; COSMOLOGY; EINSTEIN FIELD EQUATIONS; KERR METRIC
Descriptors DEC
EQUATIONS; FIELD EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METRICS

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