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Title: A heuristic way of obtaining the Kerr metric

Journal Article · · American Journal of Physics
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18679· OSTI ID:538295
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  1. CST-1, MS M888, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545 (United States)

An intuitive, straightforward way of finding the metric of a rotating black hole is presented, based on the algebra of differential forms. The representation obtained for the metric displays a simplicity which is not obvious in the usual Boyer{endash}Lindquist coordinates. {copyright} {ital 1997 American Association of Physics Teachers.}

OSTI ID:
538295
Journal Information:
American Journal of Physics, Vol. 65, Issue 9; Other Information: PBD: Sep 1997
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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