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An intrinsic characterization of the Kerr metric

Juan Antonio SáezJoan Josep Ferrando

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PhysicsRiemann curvature tensorsymbols.namesakePhysics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)Kerr metricsymbolsFOS: Physical sciencesGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)Characterization (mathematics)Metric tensor (general relativity)General Relativity and Quantum CosmologyMathematical physics

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We give the necessary and sufficient (local) conditions for a metric tensor to be the Kerr solution. These conditions exclusively involve explicit concomitants of the Riemann tensor.

10.1088/0264-9381/26/7/075013http://arxiv.org/abs/0812.3310