Published July 15, 1988
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Journal article
Gravitational Faraday rotation induced by a Kerr black hole
Creators
- 1. Department of Physics, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464, Japan
Description
We study the gravitational lens effect caused by a Kerr black hole via the propagation of a polarization vector along a light ray. In particular, we find a rotation of the plane of polarization due to the presence of the black hole's spin. The rotation angle is proportional to the mass and the line-of-sight component of the angular momentum of the black hole. This is a general-relativistic effect analogous to the well-known Faraday rotation
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Phys. Rev., D
- Journal Volume
- 38
- Journal Issue
- 2
- Series
- Phys. Rev., D.
- Journal Page Range
- 472-477
- ISSN
- 0556-2821
- CODEN
- PRVDA
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 19086253
- Subject category
- S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY; S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ANGULAR MOMENTUM; BLACK HOLES; COSMOLOGY; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; FARADAY EFFECT; GENERAL RELATIVITY THEORY; GRAVITATIONAL LENSES; KERR EFFECT; MASS; POLARIZATION; SPACE-TIME; SPIN; STRING MODELS; VISIBLE RADIATION
- Descriptors DEC
- DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; EXTENDED PARTICLE MODEL; FIELD THEORIES; LENSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE MODELS; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; RADIATIONS