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Title: The Carter constant and Petrov classification of the Vaidya-Einstein-Kerr spacetime
Authors: Ramachandra, B. S
Keywords: Carter Constant
Petrov Classification
Asymptotically Non-Flat Spacetime
Vaidya–Einstein–Kerr Spacetime
Killing Spinor
Issue Date: Dec-2009
Publisher: Springer
Citation: General Relativity and Gravitation, Vol. 41, No. 12, pp. 2757 - 2770
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.
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URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2248/4940
ISSN: 0001-7701
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