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We find an exact spherically symmetric magnetically charged black hole solution to general relativity (GR) coupled to nonlinear electrodynamics (NED) with an appropriate Lagrangian density. In turn, starting with this spherical black hole…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-01-05 Sushant G. Ghosh , Rahul Kumar walia

The intriguing superradiant amplification phenomenon allows an orbiting scalar field to extract rotational energy from a spinning Kerr black hole. Interestingly, the energy extraction rate can grow exponentially in time if the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-12-14 Shahar Hod

A stationary axially symmetric solution describing a rotating anisotropic source for Einstein Field Equations(EFE) is proposed which matches to the exterior Kerr metric. The anisotropic source satisfies all energy conditions - weak, strong,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-07-04 F. Z. Majidi

In this work we explore the consequences of considering from the very beginning the stationary and axisymmetric properties of the Kerr black hole as one attempts to derive this solution through the Kerr-Schild ansatz. The first consequence…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-07-19 Eloy Ayón-Beato , Mokhtar Hassaïne , Daniel Higuita-Borja

In this paper, we propose a new Analogue Gravity example - a spinning (or Kerr) Black Hole in an extended fluid model. The fluid model receives Berry curvature contributions and applies to electron dynamics in Condensed Matter lattice…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-03-03 Surojit Dalui , Arpan Krishna Mitra , Deeshani Mitra , Subir Ghosh

No Kerr-like exact solution has yet been found in Chern-Simons modified gravity. Intrigued by this absence, we study stationary and axisymmetric metrics that could represent the exterior field of spinning black holes. For the standard…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Daniel Grumiller , Nicolas Yunes

It is believed that the basic component of the central engine of quasars, micro-quasars, and energetic Gamma Ray Bursts are the rotating or the Kerr Black Holes (BH)[1]. But by using a generic property[2-4] of the metric components of a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Abhas Mitra

We initiate a series of works where we study the interior of dynamical rotating vacuum black holes without symmetry. In the present paper, we take up the problem starting from appropriate Cauchy data for the Einstein vacuum equations…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-09-30 Mihalis Dafermos , Jonathan Luk

In recent years, the shape of the photon ring in black holes images has been argued to provide a sharp test of the Kerr hypothesis for future black hole imaging missions. In this work, we confront this proposal to beyond Kerr geometries and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-03-27 Jibril Ben Achour , Eric Gourgoulhon , Hugo Roussille

This paper continues the analysis of a set of general relativistic 3D MHD simulations of accreting tori in the Kerr metric with different black hole spins. We focus on bound matter inside the initial pressure maximum, where the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Julian H. Krolik , John F. Hawley , Shigenobu Hirose

We study the energy-momentum characteristics of the rotating black hole - Kerr solution of general relativity in the Teleparallel Equivalent of General Relativity (TEGR) and the Symmetric Teleparallel Equivalent of General Relativity…

General Physics · Physics 2026-01-26 E. D. Emtsova , A. N. Petrov , A. V. Toporensky

In general, the field equation of $f(R)$ gravitational theory is very intricate, and therefore, it is not an easy task to derive analytical solutions. We consider rotating black hole spacetime four-dimensional in the $f(R)$ gravitational…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-06-14 G. L. N. Nashed , Shin'ichi Nojiri

The processes of splitting and merging of black holes obey the composition law generated by the Tsallis-Cirto $\delta=2$ statistics. The same composition law expresses the full entropy of the Reissner-Nordstr\"om black hole via the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-02-27 G. E. Volovik

The Kerr spacetime is one of the most widely known solutions to Einstein's vacuum field equations and is commonly used to describe a black hole with mass $m$ and spin $a$. Astrophysical observations in the electromagnetic spectrum as well…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-02-06 Torben C. Frost

The Kerr-Newman metric is the unique vacuum solution of the General Relativistic field equations, in which any singularities or spacetime pathologies are hidden behind horizons. They are believed to describe the spacetimes of massive…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-04-21 Dimitrios Psaltis

We propose an analytic metric describing rotating black holes surrounded by generic dark matter halos. This metric is an exact solution of the field equations that incorporates a dark matter halo with a central density spike in the vicinity…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-05-18 Rui-Hong Yue , Yu-Qian Zhao , Wei-Liang Qian

The nature of the super-massive black hole candidates in galactic nuclei can be tested by analyzing the profile of the K$\alpha$ iron line observed in their X-ray spectrum. In this paper, we consider the possibility that the spacetime in…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-09-12 Cosimo Bambi , Daniele Malafarina

A new class of exact spacetimes in Einstein's gravity, which are Kerr black holes immersed in an external magnetic (or electric) field that is asymptotically uniform and oriented along the rotational axis, is presented. These are…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-11-04 Jiri Podolsky , Hryhorii Ovcharenko

We present a family of new rotating black hole solutions to Einstein's equations that generalizes the Kerr-Newman spacetime to include an anisotropic matter. The geometry is obtained by employing the Newman-Janis algorithm. In addition to…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-04-08 Hyeong-Chan Kim , Bum-Hoon Lee , Wonwoo Lee , Youngone Lee

The quantum entropy of the Kerr black hole arising from gravitational perturbation is investigated by using Null tetrad and \'t Hooft\'s brick-wall model. It is shown that effect of the graviton\'s spins on the subleading correction is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-07 Jiliang Jing , Mu-Lin Yan