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Kerr spacetime : rotating black holes in general relativity / [edited by] David L. Wiltshire, Matt Visser and Susan M. Scott.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2009.Description: xvi, 362 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9780521885126
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 523.8875 23 W756
Contents:
1. The Kerr spacetime: a brief introduction / Matt Visser -- 2. The Kerr and Kerr-Schild metrics / Roy P. Kerr -- 3. Roy Kerr and twistor theory / Roger Penrose -- 4. Global and local problems solved by the Kerr metric / Brandon Carter -- 5. Four decades of black hole uniqueness theorems / David C. Robinson -- 6. Ray-traced visualisations in asymptotically flat spacetimes: the Kerr-Newman black hole / Benjamin R. Lewis, Susan M. Scott -- 7. The ergosphere and dyadosphere of the Kerr black hole / Remo Ruffini -- 8. Supermassive black holes / Fulvio Melia -- 9. The X-ray spectra of accreting Kerr black holes / Andrew C. Fabian, Giovanni Miniutti -- 10. Cosmological flashes from rotating black holes / Maurice H.P.M. van Putten -- 11. Horizon constraints and black hole entropy / Steve Carlip -- 12. Higher dimensional generalizations of the Kerr black hole / Gary T. Horowitz -- 13. Gravitational field of a spinning mass as an example of algebraically special metrics / Roy P. Kerr -- 14. Gravitational collapse and rotation Roy P. Kerr.
Summary: Unique, comprehensive overview for researchers and graduate students in observational and theoretical astrophysics, general relativity, and high-energy physics.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. The Kerr spacetime: a brief introduction / Matt Visser --
2. The Kerr and Kerr-Schild metrics / Roy P. Kerr --
3. Roy Kerr and twistor theory / Roger Penrose --
4. Global and local problems solved by the Kerr metric / Brandon Carter --
5. Four decades of black hole uniqueness theorems / David C. Robinson --
6. Ray-traced visualisations in asymptotically flat spacetimes: the Kerr-Newman black hole / Benjamin R. Lewis, Susan M. Scott --
7. The ergosphere and dyadosphere of the Kerr black hole / Remo Ruffini --
8. Supermassive black holes / Fulvio Melia --
9. The X-ray spectra of accreting Kerr black holes / Andrew C. Fabian, Giovanni Miniutti --
10. Cosmological flashes from rotating black holes / Maurice H.P.M. van Putten --
11. Horizon constraints and black hole entropy / Steve Carlip --
12. Higher dimensional generalizations of the Kerr black hole / Gary T. Horowitz --
13. Gravitational field of a spinning mass as an example of algebraically special metrics / Roy P. Kerr --
14. Gravitational collapse and rotation Roy P. Kerr.

Unique, comprehensive overview for researchers and graduate students in observational and theoretical astrophysics, general relativity, and high-energy physics.

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