Maximal Analytic Extension of the Kerr Metric
- 1 February 1967
- journal article
- conference paper
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Mathematical Physics
- Vol. 8 (2) , 265-281
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1705193
Abstract
Kruskal's transformation of the Schwarzschild metric is generalized to apply to the stationary, axially symmetric vacuum solution of Kerr, and is used to construct a maximal analytic extension of the latter. In the low angular momentum case, a2 < m2, this extension consists of an infinite sequence Einstein‐Rosen bridges joined in time by successive pairs of horizons. The number of distinct asymptotically flat sheets in the extended space can be reduced to four by making suitable identifications. Several properties of the Kerr metric, including the behavior of geodesics lying in the equatorial plane, are examined in some detail. Completeness is demonstrated explicitly for a special class of geodesics, and inferred for all those that do not strike the ring singularity.Keywords
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