Carter Constant - A 40 Year-Old Einstein Mystery Gets Some Insight From Newton
Monday, February 23, 2009 - 19:28
in Physics & Chemistry
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.'' A particle orbiting a rotating black hole always conserves its energy and angular momentum, but otherwise traces a complicated twisting rosette pattern with no discernible regularity. read more
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