Regular axisymmetric description of the Kerr spacetime (Q2487306)
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Regular axisymmetric description of the Kerr spacetime (English)
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19 August 2005
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The paper presents a coordinate transformation which enables to write down the Kerr metric in the Papapetrou form of stationary axially symmetric space-times. In these coordinates the metric coefficients are regular up to the external horizon. Also a null tetrad and a Weyl-component is given.
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black holes
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horizon
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Kerr space-time
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Papapetrou form
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axial symmetric space-time
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Newman-Penrose formalism
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