Axisymmetric Black Hole Has Only Two Degrees of Freedom

B. Carter
Phys. Rev. Lett. 26, 331 – Published 8 February 1971
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Abstract

A theorem is described which establishes the claim that in a certain canonical sense the Kerr metrics represent "the" (rather than merely "some possible") exterior fields of black holes with the corresponding mass and angular-momentum values.

  • Received 18 December 1970

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.26.331

©1971 American Physical Society

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B. Carter

  • Institute of Theoretical Astronomy, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0EZ, England

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Vol. 26, Iss. 6 — 8 February 1971

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