Spherical Photon Orbits Around a Kerr Black Hole

Two circular photon orbits are known to exist in the equatorial plane of the Kerr black hole. In this paper, we investigate so-called spherical photon orbits—orbits with constant coordinate radii that are not confined to the equatorial plane. A one-parameter class of solutions is found, which includes the circular orbits as special cases. The properties of these spherical orbits are then analyzed, with the aim of classifying them by qualitative differences in their behavior. Finally, representative orbits from each class are plotted out, including a zero-angular momentum photon orbit and one with non-fixed azimuthal direction.     

Entropy Correction for Kerr Black Hole

In this paper, we discuss leading-order corrections to the entropy of Kerr black hole due to thermal fluctuations in the finite cavity. Then temperature is constant, the solution of the black hole is obtained within a cavity, that is, the solution of the spacetime after considering the radiation of the black hole. Therefore, we derive that the location of the black hole horizon and specific heat are the functions of temperature and the radius of the cavity.Corrections to entropy also are related to the radius of the cavity. Through calculation, we obtain conditions of taking the value of the cavity‘s radius. We provide a new way for studying the corrections of complicated spacetimes.     

Entropy Correction for Kerr Black Hole

In this paper, we discuss leading-order corrections to the entropy of Kerr black hole due to thermal fluctuations in the finite cavity. Then temperature is constant, the solution of the black hole is obtained within a cavity, that is, the solution of the spacetime after considering the radiation of the black hole. Therefore, we derive that the location of the black hole horizon and specific heat are the functions of temperature and the radius of the cavity. Corrections to entropy also are related to the radius of the cavity. Through calculation, we obtain conditions of taking the value of the cavity＇s radius. We provide a new way for studying the corrections of complicated spacetimes.     

Letter: Slowly Rotating, Compact Fluid Sources Embedded in Kerr Empty Space-Time

Spherically symmetric static fluid sources are endowed with rotation and embedded in Kerr empty space-time up to and including quadratic terms in an angular velocity parameter using Darmois junction conditions. The boundary behaviour of the metric tensor and partial derivatives is used to develop a series solution of Einstein's equation's for the rotating fluid. The boundary of the rotating source is expressed explicitly in terms of sinusoidal functions of the polar angle. As an example of the analysis the Schwarzschild interior solution is endowed with rotation and the equation of the fluid boundary is generated together with surface behaviour of the fluid density and angular velocity.     

Letter: Differential Invariants of the Kerr Vacuum

The norms associated with the gradients of the two non-differential invariants of the Kerr vacuum are examined. Whereas both locally single out the horizons, their global behavior is more interesting. Both reflect the background angular momentum as the volume of space allowing a timelike gradient decreases with increasing angular momentum becoming zero in the degenerate and naked cases. These results extend directly to the Kerr-Newman geometry.     

Addendum: Hawking Radiation of Photons in a Variable-Mass Kerr Black Hole

Hawking evaporation of photons in a variable-mass Kerr space-time is investigated by using a method of the generalized tortoise coordinate transformation. The blackbody radiant spectrum of photons displays a new spin-rotation coupling effect obviously dependent on different helicity states of photons.     

Letter: Gravitational Thermodynamics of a Vaidya Black Hole

The path integral approach is applied to the statistical thermodynamics of a radiating Vaidya black hole. The entropy still satisfies the Bekenstein-Hawking formula, except for a negligible term. The entropy production, as a measurement of the irreversibility, is also obtained.     

Letter: Wave Equations for the Perturbations of a Charged Black Hole

A pair of simple wave equations is presented for the symmetric gravitational and electromagnetic perturbations of a charged black hole. One of the equations is uncoupled, and the other has a source term given by the solution of the first equation. The derivation is presented in full detail for either axially symmetric or stationary perturbations, and is quite straightforward. This result is expected to have important applications in astrophysical models.     

Letter: Quasinormal Modes of the Electrically Charged Dilaton Black Hole

We sketch the results of calculations of the quasinormal frequencies of the electrically charged dilaton black hole. At the earlier phase of evaporation (Q is less than 0.7–0.8M), the dilaton black hole rings with the complex frequencies which differ negligibly from those of the Reissner-Nordström black hole. The spectrum of the frequencies weakly depends upon the dilaton coupling.     

Black holes: a physical route to the Kerr metric

As a consequence of Birkhoff's theorem, the exterior gravitational field of a spherically symmetric star or black hole is always given by the Schwarzschild metric. In contrast, the exterior gravitational field of a rotating (axisymmetric) star differs, in general, from the Kerr metric, which describes a stationary, rotating black hole. In this paper I discuss the possibility of a quasi–stationary transition from rotating equilibrium configurations of normal matter to rotating bla ck holes.     

Parametrization of the Kerr Solution

From the Kerr solution of Ernst equation under Ehlers and unitary transformations, we build a parametrized Kerr solution depending on three parameters, namely the mass, the angular momentum of the source and an adimensional parameter m ₁. Varying m ₁ produces a topological deformation of the ergosphere.     

Letter: Invariants of the Kerr Vacuum

The Kerr vacuum has two independent invariants derivable from the Riemann tensor without differentiation. Both of these invariants must be examined in order to avoid an erroneous conclusion that the ring singularity of this spacetime is directional.     

匀加速直线运动的Kerr黑洞的非热效应

研究了匀加速直线运动的Kerr黑洞周围时空中的自发辐射.得到了发生自发辐射的能量条件,它不仅依赖于黑洞的角动量和加速度,而且还与黑洞的变化有关 关键词： 动态Kerr黑洞 非热辐射     

Letter: Quantum Entropy of the Garfinkle-Horowitz-Strominger Dilaton Black Hole

Taking into account the effect of the generalized uncertainty principle on the equation of the density of the states, we calculate the entropy of the quantum scalar field inside the brick-wall of the Garfinkle-Horowitz-Strominger dilaton black hole. The entropy proportional to the event horizon area is obtained without any cutoff. Compared to the entropy from the outside of the brick-wall, the two results are similar. This implies that the quantum theory of gravity can remove the divergence of the state density on the event horizon and avoid the cut-off in the original brick-wall model.     

Letter: The Gravitational Energy of a Black Hole

An exact energy expression for a physical black hole is derived by considering the escape of a photon from the black hole. The mass of the black hole within its horizon is found to be twice its mass as observed at infinity. This result is important in understanding gravitational waves in black hole collisions.     

Letter: A Moving Medium Simulation of Schwarzschild Black Hole Optics

An explicit fluid flow simulation of electromagnetic wave propagation in the gravitational field of a Schwarzschild black hole is given. The fluid has a constant refractive index and a spherically symmetric inward directed flow. The resulting form of the metric leads to a new coordinate system in which the Schwarzschild vacuum is written in Gordon's form. It is shown that a closely related coordinate system interpolates between the Kerr-Schild and Painlevé-Gullstrand coordinates.     

Back-reaction of the Kerr black hole. A thermodynamical approach

A thermodynamical approach is used to solve the back-reaction problem of the Kerr black hole; the dressed mass, the dressed angular momentum, and the dressed entropy are calculated.     

Letter: Dilatonic Black Hole Entropy Without Brick Walls

The properties of the thermal radiation are discussed by using the new equation of state density motivated by the generalized uncertainty relation in the quantum gravity. There is no burst at the last stage of the emission of dilatonic black hole. When the new equation of state density is utilized to investigate the entropy of a bosonic field and fermionic field outside the horizon of a static dilatonic black hole, the divergence appearing in the brick wall model is removed, without any cutoff. It is derived from the contribution of the vicinity of the horizon that the entropy is proportional to the horizon area.     

Letter: Quantum Statistical Entropy of d-Dimensional Horowitz–Strominger Black Hole

By using the method of quantum statistics, we derive directly the partition functions of bosonic and fermionic field in the d-dimensional Horowitz-Strominger black hole. The statistical entropy of black hole is obtained by an improved brick—wall method. When we choose proper parameter in our results, we can obtain that the entropy of the black hole is proportional to the area of the horizon. In our result, there don't exist the left out term and divergent logarithmic term given in the original brick—wall method. We avoid the difficulty in solving the wave equation of scalar and Dirac field. And we offer a simple and direct way of studying entropy of the higher-dimensional complicated black hole.