Optical reference geometry of Kerr-Newman spacetimes

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/17/14/307zbMATH Open1055.83503arXiv0803.2533OpenAlexW2041307738MaRDI QIDQ4457597FDOQ4457597

J. Juráň, Zdeněk Stuchlík, Stanislav Hledík

Publication date: 25 March 2004

Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Properties of the optical reference geometry related to Kerr-Newman black-hole and naked-singularity spacetimes are illustrated using embedding diagrams of their equatorial plane. Among all inertial forces defined in the framework of the optical geometry, just the centrifugal force plays a fundamental role in connection to the embedding diagrams because it changes sign at the turning points of the diagrams. The limits of embeddability are given, and it is established which of the photon circular orbits hosted the by Kerr-Newman spacetimes appear in the embeddable regions. Some typical embedding diagrams are constructed, and the Kerr-Newman backgrounds are classified according to the number of embeddable regions of the optical geometry as well as the number of their turning points. Embedding diagrams are closely related to the notion of the radius of gyration which is useful for analyzing fluid rotating in strong gravitational fields.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0803.2533

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Exact solutions to problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C15) Black holes (83C57)

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