On the Equations Governing the Electromagnetic Perturbations of the Kerr Black Hole
Abstract
The equations governing the electromagnetic perturbations around a rotating black hole are examined and found to yield a simple, one dimensional wave equation with a short range and purely real potential.
- Publication:
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series A
- Pub Date:
- May 1976
- DOI:
- 10.1098/rspa.1976.0069
- Bibcode:
- 1976RSPSA.349..217D
- Keywords:
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- Black Holes (Astronomy);
- Electromagnetic Fields;
- Gravitational Fields;
- Perturbation Theory;
- Potential Fields;
- Wave Equations;
- Field Theory (Physics);
- Rotating Bodies;
- Transformations (Mathematics);
- Astrophysics;
- BLACK HOLES (ASTRONOMY);
- ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS;
- GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS;
- PERTURBATION THEORY;
- POTENTIAL FIELDS;
- WAVE EQUATIONS;
- FIELD THEORY (PHYSICS);
- ROTATING BODIES;
- TRANSFORMATIONS (MATHEMATICS)