An extension of the Newman-Janis algorithm
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2014-07-18 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory
Mathematical Physics
math.MP
Classical Physics
Abstract
The Newman-Janis algorithm is supplemented with a null rotation and applied to the tensors of the Reissner-Nordstr\"om spacetime to generate the metric, Maxwell, Ricci and Weyl tensors for the Kerr-Newman spacetime. This procedure also provides a mechanism whereby the Carter Killing tensor arises from the geodesic angular momentum tensor of the underlying Reissner-Nordstr\"om metric. The conformal Killing tensor in the Kerr-Newman spacetime is generated in a similar fashion. The extended algorithm is also applied to the Killing vectors of the Reissner-Nordstr\"om spacetime with interesting consequences. The Schwarzschild to Kerr transformation is a special case.
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@article{arxiv.1407.4478,
title = {An extension of the Newman-Janis algorithm},
author = {Aidan J. Keane},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1407.4478},
year = {2014}
}