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Negative Komar Masses in Regular Stationary Spacetimes

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2016-11-15 v1

Abstract

A highly accurate multi-domain spectral method is used to study axially symmetric and stationary spacetimes containing a black hole or disc of dust surrounded by a ring of matter. It is shown that the matter ring can affect the properties of the central object drastically. In particular, by virtue of the ring's frame dragging, the so-called Komar mass of the black hole or disc can become negative. A continuous transition from such discs to such black holes can be found.

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@article{arxiv.0708.3899,
  title  = {Negative Komar Masses in Regular Stationary Spacetimes},
  author = {Marcus Ansorg and David Petroff},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0708.3899},
  year   = {2016}
}

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3 pages, submitted to the Proceedings of the MGXI Meeting

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