The Kerr Spacetime: Rotating Black Holes in General Relativity Book

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Foreword

Pt. I General Relativity: Classical Studies of the Kerr Geometry

1 The Kerr spacetime: a brief introduction Matt Visser Visser, Matt

2 The Kerr and Kerr-Schild metrics Roy P. Kerr Kerr, Roy P.

3 Roy Kerr and twistor theory Roger Penrose Penrose, Roger

4 Global and local problems solved by the Kerr metric Brandon Carter Carter, Brandon

5 Four decades of black hole uniqueness theorems David C. Robinson Robinson, David C.

6 Ray-traced visualisations Benjamin R. Lewis Lewis, R. Susan M. Scott Scott, Susan M.

Pt. II Astrophysics: The Ongoing Observational Revolution

7 The ergosphere and dyadosphere of the Kerr black hole Remo Ruffini Ruffini, Remo

8 Supermassive Black Holes Fulvio Melia Melia, Fulvio

9 The X-ray spectra of accreting Kerr black holes Andrew C. Fabian Fabian, Andrew C. Giovanni Miniutti Miniutti, Giovanni

10 Cosmological flashes from rotating black holes Maurice H. P. M. van Putten van Putten, Maurice H. P. M.

Pt. III Quantum Gravity: Rotating Black Holes at the Theoretical Frontiers

11 Horizon constraints and black hole entropy Steve Carlip Carlip, Steve

12 Higher dimensional generalizations of the Kerr black hole Gary T. Horowitz Horowitz, Gary T.

Pt. IV Appendices

13 Gravitational field of a spinning massRoy P. Kerr Kerr, Roy P.

14 Gravitational collapse and rotation Roy P. Kerr Kerr, Roy P.

Index