Null hypersurfaces in Kerr-(A)dS spacetimes
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2020-01-08 v1
Abstract
For many purposes, a three-dimensional foliation of spacetime is more advantageous to understanding its light cone structure. We derive the equations describing such foliations for the Kerr geometry with non-zero cosmological constant, and show that they reduce to null hypersurfaces in vacuum (anti-)de Sitter spacetime in the limit of zero mass. Furthermore, we find that these null hypersurfaces are free of caustics everywhere for . Our construction has applications in numerical studies of rotating black holes, and in defining Kruskal coordinates for rotating black holes with non-zero cosmological constant.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1909.06419,
title = {Null hypersurfaces in Kerr-(A)dS spacetimes},
author = {Abdulrahim Al Balushi and Robert B. Mann},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1909.06419},
year = {2020}
}
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8 pages, 2 figures