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Kerr metric  

Definition

  • The Kerr metric or Kerr geometry describes the geometry of empty spacetime around a rotating uncharged axially symmetric black hole with a quasispherical event horizon. The Kerr metric is an exact solution of the Einstein field equations of general relativity; these equations are highly non-linear, which makes exact solutions very difficult to find. (Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerr_metric)

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Kerr black hole
  • Kerr cosmology
  • Kerr model
  • Kerr space
  • Kerr spacetime
  • Kerr universe

In other languages

  • French

  • cosmologie de Kerr
  • espace de Kerr
  • espace-temps de Kerr
  • modèle de Kerr
  • trou noir de Kerr
  • univers de Kerr

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/MDL-GRJ6V8G1-V

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