The Carter constant and Petrov classification of the Vaidya-Einstein-Kerr spacetime

dc.contributor.author	Ramachandra, B. S
dc.date.accessioned	2009-12-14T19:49:43Z
dc.date.available	2009-12-14T19:49:43Z
dc.date.issued	2009-12
dc.identifier.citation	General Relativity and Gravitation, Vol. 41, No. 12, pp. 2757 - 2770	en
dc.identifier.issn	0001-7701
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2248/4940
dc.description	Restricted Access
dc.description.abstract	The existence of the Carter constant in the Vaidya–Einstein–Kerr (VEK) spacetime and its relation to the Petrov type is investigated. This spacetime is an example of a black hole in an asymptotically non-flat background. We construct the Carter constant and obtain the Killing tensor in the VEK spacetime. The Newman–Penrose formalism is employed to obtain the spin coefficients. We present a complete (Petrov) classification of the VEK spacetime and the special case of the non-rotating Vaidya–Einstein–Schwarzschild spacetime. We demonstrate explicitly that both spacetimes are of type-D.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Springer	en
dc.relation.uri	http://www.springerlink.com/content/74466162vu35p744/	en
dc.rights	© Springer	en
dc.subject	Carter Constant	en
dc.subject	Petrov Classification	en
dc.subject	Asymptotically Non-Flat Spacetime	en
dc.subject	Vaidya–Einstein–Kerr Spacetime	en
dc.subject	Killing Spinor	en
dc.title	The Carter constant and Petrov classification of the Vaidya-Einstein-Kerr spacetime	en
dc.type	Article	en