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Uniqueness of Extremal Kerr and Kerr-Newman Black Holes

Authors :
Gary T. Horowitz
Aaron J. Amsel
Donald Marolf
Matthew M. Roberts
Publication Year :
2009
Publisher :
arXiv, 2009.

Abstract

We prove that the only four dimensional, stationary, rotating, asymptotically flat (analytic) vacuum black hole with a single degenerate horizon is given by the extremal Kerr solution. We also prove a similar uniqueness theorem for the extremal Kerr-Newman solution. This closes a longstanding gap in the black hole uniqueness theorems.<br />Comment: 12 pages, v2: important references to earlier work added, v3: minor clarifications

Details

Database :
OpenAIRE
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....5274b6066a08236e2c60ecc6e69ee3cc
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.0906.2367