Kerr Black Hole in Einstein--Æther Gravity

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Main Authors: Franzin, Edgardo, Liberati, Stefano, Mazza, Jacopo
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Published: 2023
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author Franzin, Edgardo
Liberati, Stefano
Mazza, Jacopo
author_facet Franzin, Edgardo
Liberati, Stefano
Mazza, Jacopo
contents While non-rotating black-hole solutions are well known in Einstein--æther gravity, no axisymmetric solutions endowed with Killing horizons have been so far found outside of the slowly rotating limit. Here we show that the Kerr spacetime is also an exact vacuum solution of Einstein--æther gravity in a phenomenologically viable corner of the parameter space; the corresponding æther flow is characterised by a vanishing expansion. Such solution displays all the characteristic features of the Kerr metric (inner and outer horizons, ergoregion, etc.) with the remarkable exception of the causality-violating region in proximity of the ring singularity. However, due to the associated æther flow, it is endowed with a special surface, inside the Killing horizon, which exhibits many features normally related to the universal horizon of the non-rotating solutions -- to which it tends in the limit of zero angular momentum. Hence, these Kerr black holes are very good mimickers of their general relativity counterparts while sporting important differences and specific structures. As such, they appear particularly well-suited candidates for future phenomenological studies.
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Franzin, Edgardo
Liberati, Stefano
Mazza, Jacopo
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
While non-rotating black-hole solutions are well known in Einstein--æther gravity, no axisymmetric solutions endowed with Killing horizons have been so far found outside of the slowly rotating limit. Here we show that the Kerr spacetime is also an exact vacuum solution of Einstein--æther gravity in a phenomenologically viable corner of the parameter space; the corresponding æther flow is characterised by a vanishing expansion. Such solution displays all the characteristic features of the Kerr metric (inner and outer horizons, ergoregion, etc.) with the remarkable exception of the causality-violating region in proximity of the ring singularity. However, due to the associated æther flow, it is endowed with a special surface, inside the Killing horizon, which exhibits many features normally related to the universal horizon of the non-rotating solutions -- to which it tends in the limit of zero angular momentum. Hence, these Kerr black holes are very good mimickers of their general relativity counterparts while sporting important differences and specific structures. As such, they appear particularly well-suited candidates for future phenomenological studies.
title Kerr Black Hole in Einstein--Æther Gravity
topic General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.06891