Nuts have no hair

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/12/12/004MaRDI QIDQ4864064zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Walter Simon

Publication date 27 October 1996

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9508042

zbMATH Keywords

instantonsquantum gravityKerr metric

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching (53C20) Methods of quantum field theory in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C47)

Abstract: We show that the Riemannian Kerr solutions are the only Riemannian, Ricci-flat and asymptotically flat ${mC}^2$-metrics $g_{muu}$ on a 4-dimensional complete manifold $calM$ of topology ${mR}^{2}imes{mS}^2$ which have (at least) a 1-parameter group of periodic isometries with only isolated fixed points ("nuts") and with orbits of bounded length at infinity.

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