TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wiltshire,David L.
AU  - Visser,Matt
AU  - Scott,Susan M.
TI  - Kerr spacetime: rotating black holes in general relativity 
SN  - 9780521885126
U1  - 523.8875 23
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Kerr black holes
KW  - Black holes (Astronomy)
KW  - Mathematical models
KW  - Space and time
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. The Kerr spacetime: a brief introduction / Matt Visser --
2. The Kerr and Kerr-Schild metrics / Roy P. Kerr --
3. Roy Kerr and twistor theory / Roger Penrose --
4. Global and local problems solved by the Kerr metric / Brandon Carter --
5. Four decades of black hole uniqueness theorems / David C. Robinson --
6. Ray-traced visualisations in asymptotically flat spacetimes: the Kerr-Newman black hole / Benjamin R. Lewis, Susan M. Scott --
7. The ergosphere and dyadosphere of the Kerr black hole / Remo Ruffini --
8. Supermassive black holes / Fulvio Melia --
9. The X-ray spectra of accreting Kerr black holes / Andrew C. Fabian, Giovanni Miniutti --
10. Cosmological flashes from rotating black holes / Maurice H.P.M. van Putten --
11. Horizon constraints and black hole entropy / Steve Carlip --
12. Higher dimensional generalizations of the Kerr black hole / Gary T. Horowitz --
13. Gravitational field of a spinning mass as an example of algebraically special metrics / Roy P. Kerr --
14. Gravitational collapse and rotation Roy P. Kerr
N2  - Unique, comprehensive overview for researchers and graduate students in observational and theoretical astrophysics, general relativity, and high-energy physics
ER  -