The Kerr Spacetime

Informationen zum Autor David Wiltshire is a Professor of Physics at the University of Canterbury! Christchurch! New Zealand. He is known for his work in higher-dimensional gravity! brane worlds! black holes and cosmology. Since 2005 his research has focused on the problem of dark energy! the averaging of the inhomogeneous universe and foundational implications for cosmology. Matt Visser is Professor of Mathematics at the Victoria University of Wellington! New Zealand. He has published widely in the areas of general relativity! quantum field theory! and theoretical cosmology. He is best known for his contributions to the theory of traversable wormholes! chronology protection! and analogue spacetimes. Susan Scott is Associate Professor in the Centre for Gravitational Physics at the Australian National University. She is well-known for her contributions to mathematical relativity and cosmology! and is currently President of the Australasian Society for General Relativity and Gravitation. Klappentext Unique, comprehensive overview for researchers and graduate students in observational and theoretical astrophysics, general relativity, and high-energy physics. Zusammenfassung A unique! comprehensive overview of the Kerr space-time this book provides an excellent introduction for researchers and graduate students in observational and theoretical astrophysics! general relativity! and high-energy physics. It contains original contributions and historical accounts from pioneers in the theory and observation of black holes! including Roy Kerr. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations; Contributors; Foreword; Part I. General Relativity: Classical Studies of the Kerr Geometry: 1. The Kerr spacetime: a brief introduction Matt Visser; 2. The Kerr and Kerr-Schild metrics Roy P. Kerr; 3. Roy Kerr and twistor theory Roger Penrose; 4. Global and local problems solved by the Kerr metric Brandon Carter; 5. Four decades of black hole uniqueness theorems David C. Robinson; 6. Ray-traced visualisations Benjamin R. Lewis, Susan M. Scott; Part II. Astrophysics: The Ongoing Observational Revolution: 7. The ergosphere and dyadosphere of the Kerr black hole Remo Ruffini; 8. Supermassive Black Holes Fulvio Melia; 9. The X-ray spectra of accreting Kerr black holes Andrew C. Fabian, Giovanni Miniutti; 10. Cosmological flashes from rotating black holes Maurice H.P.M. van Putten; Part III. Quantum Gravity: Rotating Black Holes at the Theoretical Frontiers: 11. Horizon constraints and black hole entropy Steve Carlip; 12. Higher dimensional generalizations of the Kerr black hole Gary T. Horowitz; Part IV. Appendices: 13. Gravitational field of a spinning mass ... Roy P. Kerr; 14. Gravitational collapse and rotation Roy P. Kerr; Index....

Autorentext
Matt Visser is Professor of Mathematics at the Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. He has published widely in the areas of general relativity, quantum field theory, and theoretical cosmology. He is best known for his contributions to the theory of traversable wormholes, chronology protection, and analogue spacetimes. David Wiltshire is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. His research has spanned many areas in general relativity and cosmology, including black holes in higher-dimensional gravity, brane worlds, quantum cosmology, dark energy and the averaging problem in inhomogeneous cosmology. Susan Scott is Associate Professor in the Centre for Gravitational Physics at the Australian National University. She is well-known for her contributions to mathematical relativity and cosmology, and is currently President of the Australasian Society for General Relativity and Gravitation.

Klappentext
Unique, comprehensive overview for researchers and graduate students in observational and theoretical astrophysics, general relativity, and high-energy physics.

Zusammenfassung
A unique, comprehensive overview of the Kerr space-time this book provides an excellent introduction for researchers and graduate students in observational and theoretical astrophysics, general relativity, and high-energy physics. It contains original contributions and historical accounts from pioneers in the theory and observation of black holes, including Roy Kerr.

Inhalt
List of illustrations; Contributors; Foreword; Part I. General Relativity: Classical Studies of the Kerr Geometry: 1. The Kerr spacetime: a brief introduction Matt Visser; 2. The Kerr and Kerr-Schild metrics Roy P. Kerr; 3. Roy Kerr and twistor theory Roger Penrose; 4. Global and local problems solved by the Kerr metric Brandon Carter; 5. Four decades of black hole uniqueness theorems David C. Robinson; 6. Ray-traced visualisations Benjamin R. Lewis, Susan M. Scott; Part II. Astrophysics: The Ongoing Observational Revolution: 7. The ergosphere and dyadosphere of the Kerr black hole Remo Ruffini; 8. Supermassive Black Holes Fulvio Melia; 9. The X-ray spectra of accreting Kerr black holes Andrew C. Fabian, Giovanni Miniutti; 10. Cosmological flashes from rotating black holes Maurice H.P.M. van Putten; Part III. Quantum Gravity: Rotating Black Holes at the Theoretical Frontiers: 11. Horizon constraints and black hole entropy Steve Carlip; 12. Higher dimensional generalizations of the Kerr black hole Gary T. Horowitz; Part IV. Appendices: 13. Gravitational field of a spinning mass ... Roy P. Kerr; 14. Gravitational collapse and rotation Roy P. Kerr; Index.

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