De/re-constructing the Kerr Metric
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2010-10-21 v1 High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
We derive the Kerr solution in a pedagogically transparent way, using physical symmetry and gauge arguments to reduce the candidate metric to just two unknowns. The resulting field equations are then easy to obtain, and solve. Separately, we transform the Kerr metric to Schwarzschild frame to exhibit its limits in that familiar setting.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1002.1066,
title = {De/re-constructing the Kerr Metric},
author = {S. Deser and J. Franklin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1002.1066},
year = {2010}
}