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The Newman-Janis algorithm is the standard approach to rotation in general relativity which, in vacuum, builds the Kerr metric from the Schwarzschild spacetime. Recently, we have shown that the same algorithm applied to the Papapetrou…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-05-03 Maxim Makukov , Eduard Mychelkin

The Kerr-Newman metric describes a very special rotating, charged mass and is the most general of the asymptotically flat stationary 'black hole' solutions to the Einstein-Maxwell equations of general relativity. We review the derivation of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-11-15 Tim Adamo , E. T. Newman

We examine the Newman-Janis algorithm's application to an exact regular static solution sustained by a minimally coupled scalar field with a non-standard kinetic term. Although coordinate complexification leads to a regular Kerr-like black…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-06-16 Alexander Kamenshchik , Polina Petriakova

We address a specific issue of the Newman-Janis algorithm: How to determine the general form of the complex transformation for the Schwarzschild metric and ensure that the resulting axisymmetric metric satisfies the zero-scalar-curvature…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-12-02 Chen Lan , Zi-Xiao Liu , Yan-Gang Miao

The Newman-Janis Ansatz was used first to obtain the stationary Kerr metric from the static Schwarzschild metric. Many works have been devoted to investigate the physical significance of this Ansatz, but no definite answer has been given so…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-08-05 Antonio C. Gutiérrez-Piñeres , Hernando Quevedo

We obtain rotating black hole metric for higher dimensional Einstein and pure Lovelock gravity by employing two independent and well motivated methods. One is based on the principle of incorporation of Newtonian acceleration for timelike…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-09-27 Naresh Dadhich , Sushant G. Ghosh

A new metric is obtained by applying a complex coordinate trans- formation to the static metric of the self-gravitating Born-Infeld monopole. The behaviour of the new metric is typical of a rotating charged source, but this source is not a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-12-06 Diego Cirilo-Lombardo

The Newman-Janis algorithm is well known to provide rotating black holes solutions to Einstein's equations from static seeds, through a complexification of a radial and a time coordinates. However, an ambiguity remains for the replacement…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-05-19 E. J. Gonzalez de Urreta , M. Socolovsky

The Newman-Janis algorithm and its generalizations can be used mathematically to generate rotating solutions from nonrotating spherically-symmetric solutions within general relativity. The energy-momentum tensors of these solutions may or…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-01-05 Philip Beltracchi , Paolo Gondolo

The strong gravitational field near massive blackhole is an interesting regime to test General Relativity(GR) and modified gravity theories. The knowledge of spacetime metric around a blackhole is a primary step for such tests. Solving…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-08-26 Utkarsh Kumar , Sukanta Panda , Avani Patel

We obtain the Kerr-anti-de-sitter (Kerr-AdS) and Kerr-de-sitter (Kerr-dS) black hole (BH) solutions to the Einstein field equation in the perfect fluid dark matter background using the Newman-Janis method and Mathematica package. We discuss…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-04-24 Zhaoyi Xu , Xian Hou , Jiancheng Wang

The Newman-Janis algorithm is supplemented with a null rotation and applied to the tensors of the Reissner-Nordstr\"om spacetime to generate the metric, Maxwell, Ricci and Weyl tensors for the Kerr-Newman spacetime. This procedure also…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-07-18 Aidan J. Keane

We show that the $f(R)$-gravity theories with constant Ricci scalar in the Jordan/Einstein frame can be described by Einstein or Einstein-Maxwell gravity with a cosmological term and a modified gravitational constant. We also propose a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-10-10 Pankaj Chaturvedi , Utkarsh Kumar , Udaykrishna Thattarampilly , Vishnu Kakkat

The closed-form expression for pure $\mathcal{R}^{2}$ vacuum solution obtained in Phys. Rev. D \textbf{107}, 104008 (2023) lends itself to a generalization to axisymmetric setup via the modified Newman--Janis algorithm. We adopt the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-12-01 Mustapha Azreg-Aïnou , Hoang Ky Nguyen

The Rastall gravity is the modified Einstein general relativity, in which the energy-momentum conservation law is generalized to $T^{\mu\nu}_{~~;\mu}=\lambda R^{,\nu}$. In this work, we derive the Kerr-Newman-AdS (KN-AdS) black hole…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-01-14 Zhaoyi Xu , Xian Hou , Xiaobo Gong , Jiancheng Wang

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

The strategy of obtaining the familiar Kerr-Newman solution in general relativity is based on either using the metric ansatz in the Kerr-Schild form, or applying the method of complex coordinate transformation to a non-rotating charged…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 A. N. Aliev

The Newman-Janis (NJ) method is a prescription to derive the Kerr space-time from the Schwarzschild metric. The BTZ, Kerr and five-dimensional Myers-Perry (MP) black hole solutions have already been generated by different versions of the NJ…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-03-19 Masoumeh Tavakoli , Behrouz Mirza

Charged static and rotating objects as solutions of the Einstein-Maxwell field equations are obtained and studied in the present work. The full spacetime geometry is obtained by matching two spacetime regions, an interior region containing…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-12-19 Marcos L. W. Basso , Vilson T. Zanchin

Starting from Newton's gravitational theory, we give a general introduction into the spherically symmetric solution of Einstein's vacuum field equation, the Schwarzschild(-Droste) solution, and into one specific stationary axially symmetric…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-03-10 Christian Heinicke , Friedrich W. Hehl , .
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