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Rindler approximation to Kerr black hole

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2014-10-24 v2 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We show that the Rindler approximation to the time-radial part of the Kerr and Kerr-Newman metrics near their external h+h_+ and internal hh_- horizons {\bf only} holds {\bf outside} h+h_+ and {\bf inside} hh_-, so respectively inside and outside the external and internal ergospheres, regions where, in Boyer-Lindquist coordinates, both gttg_{tt} and grrg_{rr} are negative, but preserving the Lorentzian character of the metric, and r>0r>0 i.e. outside the region r<0r<0 where closed timelike curves exist. At each point, the choice of Rindler coordinates is not trivial, but depends on the polar angle θ\theta. The approximation, as is known, automatically gives the absolute values of the surface gravities κ±\kappa_\pm as the corresponding proper accelerations, and therefore the Hawking temperatures τ±\tau_\pm at h±h_\pm.

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@article{arxiv.1405.5261,
  title  = {Rindler approximation to Kerr black hole},
  author = {H. A. Camargo and M. Socolovsky},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1405.5261},
  year   = {2014}
}

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7 pages, 1 figure

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