Kerr metric

GPTKB entity

Statements (32)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf exact solution in general relativity
gptkbp:appliesTo rotating black holes
gptkbp:coordinatesUsed gptkb:Boyer-Lindquist_coordinates
gptkbp:describes geometry of spacetime around a rotating massive object
gptkbp:extendsTo gptkb:Kerr-Newman_metric_(with_charge)
gptkbp:generalizes Schwarzschild metric
gptkbp:hasErgosphere yes
gptkbp:hasEventHorizon yes
gptkbp:hasNo electric charge (in original form)
gptkbp:hasSingularity ring singularity
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Kerr metric
gptkbp:introducedIn 1963
gptkbp:isAxisymmetric yes
gptkbp:isStationary yes
gptkbp:isVacuumSolution yes
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Roy_Kerr
gptkbp:parameter marina
angular momentum
gptkbp:reduces Schwarzschild metric when angular momentum is zero
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Penrose_process
relativistic jets
accretion disks
frame dragging
gptkbp:signature (-,+,+,+)
gptkbp:solvedBy gptkb:Einstein_field_equations
gptkbp:type gptkb:Riemannian_manifold
asymptotically flat spacetime
gptkbp:usedIn astrophysics
gravitational wave research
study of black holes
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Einstein_field_equations
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4