BOOSTING THE KERR GEOMETRY IN AN ARBITRARY DIRECTION

Authors
BALASIN H NACHBAGAUER H
Citation
H. Balasin et H. Nachbagauer, BOOSTING THE KERR GEOMETRY IN AN ARBITRARY DIRECTION, Classical and quantum gravity, 13(4), 1996, pp. 731-737
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Classical and quantum gravity → ACNP
ISSN journal
02649381
Volume
13
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
731 - 737
Database
ISI
SICI code
0264-9381(1996)13:4<731:BTKGIA>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
We construct ultrarelativistic Ken geometries from their distributiona l energy-momentum tensors. The latter are obtained by boosting Ken's d istributional energy-momentum tensor in arbitrary directions, thereby generalizing previous work by the authors.