Generalized Kerr spacetime with an arbitrary mass quadrupole moment: geometric properties vs particle motion
Abstract
An exact solution of Einstein's field equations in empty space first found in 1985 by Quevedo and Mashhoon is analyzed in detail. This solution generalizes Kerr spacetime to include the case of matter with arbitrary mass quadrupole moment and is specified by three parameters, the mass , the angular momentum per unit mass and the quadrupole parameter . It reduces to the Kerr spacetime in the limiting case and to the Erez-Rosen spacetime when the specific angular momentum vanishes. The geometrical properties of such a solution are investigated. Causality violations, directional singularities and repulsive effects occur in the region close to the source. Geodesic motion and accelerated motion are studied on the equatorial plane which, due to the reflection symmetry property of the solution, turns out to be also a geodesic plane.
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@article{arxiv.0909.4150,
title = {Generalized Kerr spacetime with an arbitrary mass quadrupole moment: geometric properties vs particle motion},
author = {Donato Bini and Andrea Geralico and Orlando Luongo and Hernando Quevedo},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0909.4150},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
24 pages, IOP macros used, eps figures n. 28; to appear on Classical and Quantum Gravity, 2009