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Kerr metric, static observers and Fermi coordinates

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2009-11-11 v1

Abstract

The coordinate transformation which maps the Kerr metric written in standard Boyer-Lindquist coordinates to its corresponding form adapted to the natural local coordinates of an observer at rest at a fixed position in the equatorial plane, i.e., Fermi coordinates for the neighborhood of a static observer world line, is derived and discussed in a way which extends to any uniformly circularly orbiting observer there.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0510023,
  title  = {Kerr metric, static observers and Fermi coordinates},
  author = {Donato Bini and Andrea Geralico and Robert T Jantzen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0510023},
  year   = {2009}
}

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