A Newtonian system that mimics the baldness of rotating black holes
Monday, February 23, 2009 - 16:21
in Physics & Chemistry
(PhysOrg.com) -- The rotating black hole has been described as one of nature's most perfect objects. As described by the Kerr solution of Einstein's gravitational field equations, its spacetime geometry is completely characterized by only two numbers — mass and spin — and is sometimes described by the aphorism "black holes have no hair.''
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