Examining the Kerr metric through wave fronts of null geodesics

DOI10.1007/s10714-019-2518-1zbMath1414.83034arXiv1903.00990OpenAlexW3105470006MaRDI QIDQ1730001

Harry Waite, Kevin Roebuck, Eric Grotzke, Thomas P. Kling

Publication date: 7 March 2019

Published in: General Relativity and Gravitation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1903.00990

zbMATH Keywords

singularitiesnull geodesicscausticsgravitational lensingKerr metricwavefronts

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Black holes (83C57) Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Space-time singularities, cosmic censorship, etc. (83C75) Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) General questions in astronomy and astrophysics (85A04)

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