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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 aa and mass parameter MM. Furthermore, the spacetimes become totally vicious when a>M|a|>M, 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 aM|a|\geq M. This result generalises recent findings by one of the authors, which showed the nonexistence of closed causal geodesics in the case a<M|a|<M. Combining these results, we establish the absence of closed null geodesics in Kerr spacetimes for any non-zero aa.

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@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}
}