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The equilibrium configurations between a Schwarzschild black hole and a hyperextreme Kerr object are shown to be described by a three-parameter subfamily of the extended double-Kerr solution. For this subfamily, its Ernst potential and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-11-06 V. S. Manko , E. Ruiz

We propose a new parametrization for testing the Kerr nature of astrophysical black hole candidates. The common approaches focus on the attempt to constrain possible deviations from the Kerr solution described by new terms in the metric.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-05-31 M. Ghasemi-Nodehi , Cosimo Bambi

The advancement in gravitational wave detection has made it possible to study the nonlinear effects in black hole perturbations, the modeling of which requires the full knowledge of the linear order perturbation of the metric. For the most…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-05-26 Jianwei Mei

The full metric describing a stationary axisymmetric system of two arbitrary Kerr sources, black holes or hyperextreme objects, located on the symmetry axis and kept apart in equilibrium by a massless strut is presented in a concise…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-06-26 V. S. Manko , E. Ruiz

We present analytical solutions describing a family of both inwardly and outwardly spiralling orbits in the Kerr spacetime. The solutions are exact, and remarkable for their simplicity. These orbits all have the angular momentum and energy…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-07-12 Andrew Mummery , Steven Balbus

The construction of a generic parametrization to describe the spacetime geometry around astrophysical black hole candidates is an important step to test the Kerr black hole hypothesis. In the last few years, the Johannsen-Psaltis metric has…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-08-20 Cosimo Bambi

We know that Kerr black holes are stable for specific conditions.In this article, we use algebraic methods to prove the stability of the Kerr black hole against certain scalar perturbations. This provides new results for the previously…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-12-29 Wen-Xiang Chen , Zi-Yang Huang

We investigate thick accretion structures around Kerr black holes in a swirling background. This stationary and axisymmetric spacetime is composed of a rotating black hole, which is immersed in a rotating background. The swirling background…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-06-03 Kristian Gjorgjieski , Rogério Capobianco

A combined model of the Kerr spinning particle and superparticle is considered. The structure of the Kerr geometry is presented in a complex form as being created by a complex source. A natural supergeneralization of this construction is…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-30 Alexander Burinskii

Given a bichromatic point set $P=\textbf{R} \cup \textbf{B}$ of red and blue points, a separator is an object of a certain type that separates $\textbf{R}$ and $\textbf{B}$. We study the geometric separability problem when the separator is…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2022-01-31 Abidha V P , Pradeesha Ashok

We show that, within a broad stationary-axisymmetric class, Kerr-type separability and hidden symmetry arise as a local consequence of the Einstein equations. Without assuming separability, algebraic speciality, Killing--Yano symmetry, or…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-04-29 Hyeong-Chan Kim

In this article, we investigate the motion of a spinning particle at a constant inclination, different from the equatorial plane, around a Kerr black hole. We mainly explore the possibilities of stable circular orbits for different spin…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-10-24 Sajal Mukherjee , Rajesh Kumble Nayak

For an uncharged test particle in the Kerr-Bertotti-Robinson spacetime, solutions of two major types of orbits are presented, both in exact forms. First, for both prograde and retrograde motions, the radii of innermost stable circular…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-08-15 Tower Wang

We review our recent work on linear stability for scalar perturbations of Kerr spacetimes, that is to say, boundedness and decay properties for solutions of the scalar wave equation \Box_g{\psi} = 0 on Kerr exterior backgrounds. We begin…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-08-23 Mihalis Dafermos , Igor Rodnianski

The full metric describing two counter-rotating identical Kerr black holes separated by a massless strut is derived in the explicit analytical form. It contains three arbitrary parameters which are the Komar mass M, Komar angular momentum…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-12-30 V. S. Manko , E. D. Rodchenko , E. Ruiz , B. I. Sadovnikov

We demonstrate separability of the Maxwell's equations in the Myers-Perry-(A)dS geometry and derive explicit solutions for various polarizations. Application of our construction to the four-dimensional Kerr black hole leads to a new ansatz…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-01-17 Oleg Lunin

Black holes are an ubiquitous end state of stellar evolution and successfully explain some of the most extreme physics encountered in astronomical observations. The Kerr geometry is the known exact solution to Einstein's equations for a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-05-14 Michael Grudich

The dynamical parameters conventionally used to specify the orbit of a test particle in Kerr spacetime are the energy $E$, the axial component of the angular momentum, $L_{z}$, and Carter's constant $Q$. These parameters are obtained by…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-07 Wolfram Schmidt

A (charged) rotating black hole may be unstable against a (charged) massive scalar field perturbation due to the existence of superradiance modes. The stability property depends on the parameters of the system. In this paper, the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-06-02 Jia-Mao Lin , Ming-Jian Luo , Zi-Han Zheng , Lei Yin , Jia-Hui Huang

It is now widely accepted that the universe as we understand it is accelerating in expansion and fits the de Sitter model rather well. As such, a realistic assumption of black holes must place them on a de Sitter background and not…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-04-04 Sarp Akcay , Richard Matzner