Geodesic causality in Kerr spacetimes with $|a|\geq M$
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2025-09-30 v1 Differential Geometry
Abstract
The analytic extension of the Kerr spacetimes into the negative radial region contains closed causal curves for any non-zero rotation parameter and mass parameter . Furthermore, the spacetimes become totally vicious when , meaning that through every point there exists a closed timelike curve. Despite this, we prove that the Kerr spacetimes do not admit any closed null geodesics when . This result generalises recent findings by one of the authors, which showed the nonexistence of closed causal geodesics in the case . Combining these results, we establish the absence of closed null geodesics in Kerr spacetimes for any non-zero .
Cite
@article{arxiv.2504.17763,
title = {Geodesic causality in Kerr spacetimes with $|a|\geq M$},
author = {Giulio Sanzeni and Karim Mosani},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2504.17763},
year = {2025}
}