175 383
, lemmas concerning 383—84
175 383
, lemmas concerning 383—384
-Function 464 465
-Function for a=0 501
-Function, differential equation for 469 488
-Function, tables of 626 627 629 630
-function 466
-function, differential equation for 470 489
-function, for a=0 501
-function, tables of 628 631
Adjoint, differential systems 153
Adjoint, differential systems, reducibility of 152
Affine connection 16 see
Area theorem 374 524 see
Asymptotic behaviours of Maxwell scalars 258 409 417—18
Asymptotic behaviours of metric functions 70 92 289 592
Asymptotic behaviours of Teukolsky functions 417 518
Asymptotic behaviours of Weyl scalars 195—196 256 518 522
Axial perturbations 142
Axial perturbations for Reissner — Nordstroem space-time 228
Axial perturbations for Schwarzschild space-time 143
Axial perturbations, expressed in terms of polar perturbations 162 237
Axisymmetric perturbations of space-times 140 see "Perturbations
Axisymmetric perturbations of space-times, variational formulation of 603
Axisymmetric space-times see "Non-stationary axisymmetric space-times" "Stationary
Bardeen n Press n Teukolsky inequality 371
Barrier penetration, problem of 163 428 see "Problem
Bases for forms 6
Bases for vector space 5
Basis vectors 6 see
Basis vectors in Newman — Penrose formalism 41
Basis vectors in tetrad formalism 35
Bianchi identities in Newman — Penrose formalism 48
Bianchi identities in Newman — Penrose formalism, contributions to, by Maxwell tensor 53
Bianchi identities in perturbation theory 606
Bianchi identities in tetrad formalism 39
Bianchi identities, already linearized 175 241 431 581
Bianchi identities, definition 25 26
Bianchi identities, linearized 447
Bianchi identities, number of independent 33
Black-hole solutions, stability of 199 262 620
Black-hole solutions, stability of, type-D character of 63 135 238 300 596
Black-hole solutions, stability of, variational formulation 614
Bracket notation 442
Calculus of forms 10
Canonical basis 7
Cartan's equations of structure 22 23
Cartan's equations of structure, explicit forms for special cases 75 601
Carter's theorem as special case of Robinson's theorem 298
Carter's theorem, derived from perturbation theory 609
Cauchy horizon 205
Cauchy horizon of Kerr black-hole 313
Cauchy horizon of Reissner — Nordstroem black-hole 214
Cauchy horizon of Reissner — Nordstroem black-hole, crossing of 265 270
Christoffel connection 29
Christoffel connection, consequences of 30
Colon derivative 74 81 598
Commutation relations 38 see
Commutation relations in Newman — Penrose formalism 45
Commutation relations, linearized 448
Conjugate metrics 276 285 572
Conjugation, operation of, for axisymmetric space-times with electromagnetic fields 572
Conjugation, operation of, for axisymmetric-vacuum space-times 276
Connection one-form 17
Connection one-form, derived from a metric 28
Connection one-form, special cases 75 598
Conversion coefficient 261
Cosmic censorship 375
Cotton — Darboux theorem 70
Covariant differentiation of spinor fields 539
Covariant differentiation of tensor fields 16
Curvature 21
Curvature forms 21 77 601
Cyclic identity 26 290
Differential forms 7
Differential geometry, definitions 3—10 see
Dirac's equation 543
Dirac's equation in Kerr geometry 544
Dirac's equation in Newman — Penrose formalism 543
Dirac's equation, conserved current in 553
Dirac's equation, energy-momentum spinor for 559
Dirac's equation, reduction to one-dimensional wave-equations 553
Dirac's equation, separation of in oblate-spheroidal coordinates, in flat space 555
Dirac's equation, separation of, in Kerr geometry 546 561
Directional derivatives 36
Directional derivatives in Kerr space-time 383
Directional derivatives in Schwarzschild space-time 174
Distorted black-holes 583
Distorted black-holes, conditions for equilibrium of 586
Dual basis 6
Dual transformations 185 199 270
Dual transformations, condition for occurrence 186 246
Dual transformations, generalized versions 505
Duality transformation 590
Dyad formalism 538
Dynamical equations for non-stationary axisymmetric perturbations 608
Dynamical equations for quasi-stationary axisymmetric perturbations 610 611
Eccentricity 103
Eccentricity, imaginary 111 115
Einstein field-equations 34
Einstein field-equations, explicit forms for axisymmetric space-times 274—277
Einstein field-equations, explicit forms for non-stationary axisymmetric space-times 601—602
Einstein field-equations, explicit forms for spherically-symmetric space-times 86
Einstein tensor 31 see
Einstein tensor, components of, for non-stationary axisymmetric space-times 141 142 602
Einstein tensor, components of, for stationary axisymmetric space-times 274 275
Einstein — Maxwell equations, explicit forms for, an assemblage of black holes 588 589—91
Einstein — Maxwell equations, explicit forms for, stationary axisymmetric space-times 564
Einstein — Maxwell equations, explicit forms for, stationary axisymmetric space-times, reduction to standard forms 566
Einstein — Maxwell equations, explicit forms for, statis spherically-symmetric space-times 206—207 214
Ergosphere 316
Ernst equations for axisymmetric space-times with electromagnetic fields 570
Ernst equations for axisymmetric-vacuum space-times 284
Ernst equations for conjugate metrics 285 573
Ernst equations, transformation properties of 285 570
Event horizon(s) 85
Event horizon(s) in an assemblage of black holes 596
Event horizon(s) of Kerr black-hole 313
Event horizon(s) of Reissner — Nordstroem black-hole 214
Event horizon(s) of Schwarzschild black-hole 91
Event horizon(s), flow of electromagnetic energy across 421
Event horizon(s), flow of gravitational energy across 523
Event horizon(s), positivity of energy flow across, for spin-1/2 waves 558
Exterior (or wedge) product 11
Exterior differentiation 12
Gauge freedom 34
Gauge freedom, choice of 68 72 93 140 275 446 566 597—598 620
Gegenbauer functions 144 229 253
Geodesic equation 20 29 30
Geodesic equation as Euler — Lagrange equation 29
Geodesic equation, integrals of 96 97 224 319
Geodesies 20
Geodesies in Kerr space-time, general treatment 342
Geodesies in Kerr space-time, general treatment, 375
Geodesies in Kerr space-time, general treatment, , violation of causality 377
Geodesies in Kerr space-time, general treatment, case of a=M 357
Geodesies in Kerr space-time, general treatment, constants of motion 327 345 367
Geodesies in Kerr space-time, general treatment, equations governing -motion 348 362
Geodesies in Kerr space-time, general treatment, equations governing r-motion 350 363
Geodesies in Kerr space-time, general treatment, exploration of domains of negative r 357
Geodesies in Kerr space-time, general treatment, null geodesies 347
Geodesies in Kerr space-time, general treatment, null geodesies, illustrations of 354—357
Geodesies in Kerr space-time, general treatment, null geodesies, propagation of polarization vector along 358
Geodesies in Kerr space-time, general treatment, principal null-congruences 299—300 349
Geodesies in Kerr space-time, general treatment, time-like geodesies 361
Geodesies in Kerr space-time, general treatment, time-like geodesies, illustrations of 365
Geodesies in Kerr space-time, general treatment, time-like geodesies, marginally bound 365
Geodesies in Kerr space-time, in equatorial plane, 376
| Geodesies in Kerr space-time, in equatorial plane, equations governing 328
Geodesies in Kerr space-time, in equatorial plane, null geodesies, critical orbits 329 341
Geodesies in Kerr space-time, in equatorial plane, null geodesies, illustrations of 332
Geodesies in Kerr space-time, in equatorial plane, time-like geodesies, circular and associated orbits 334 341
Geodesies in Kerr space-time, in equatorial plane, time-like geodesies, illustration of 334
Geodesies in Kerr space-time, in equatorial plane, time-like geodesies, marginally bound 339
Geodesies in Reissner — Nordstroem space-time, null geodesies 216
Geodesies in Reissner — Nordstroem space-time, null geodesies of first and second kind 217
Geodesies in Reissner — Nordstroem space-time, null geodesies, critical orbit 218
Geodesies in Reissner — Nordstroem space-time, null geodesies, illustration of 219
Geodesies in Reissner — Nordstroem space-time, time-like 219
Geodesies in Reissner — Nordstroem space-time, time-like of charged particles 224
Geodesies in Reissner — Nordstroem space-time, time-like of first and second kind 221
Geodesies in Reissner — Nordstroem space-time, time-like, circular orbits, stability of 220
Geodesies in Reissner — Nordstroem space-time, time-like, illustrations of 222 223
Geodesies in Schwarzschild space-time, null geodesies of first kind 130
Geodesies in Schwarzschild space-time, null geodesies of second kind 133
Geodesies in Schwarzschild space-time, null geodesies with imaginary eccentricities 133
Geodesies in Schwarzschild space-time, null geodesies, cone of avoidance 127
Geodesies in Schwarzschild space-time, null geodesies, critical orbits 124
Geodesies in Schwarzschild space-time, null geodesies, illustrations of 128 129
Geodesies in Schwarzschild space-time, null geodesies, radial 123
Geodesies in Schwarzschild space-time, time-like of first kind 103 113
Geodesies in Schwarzschild space-time, time-like of second kind 108 113
Geodesies in Schwarzschild space-time, time-like, bound orbits 100
Geodesies in Schwarzschild space-time, time-like, circular orbits, stability of 106
Geodesies in Schwarzschild space-time, time-like, classification of 101 114
Geodesies in Schwarzschild space-time, time-like, illustrations of 116—21
Geodesies in Schwarzschild space-time, time-like, post-Newtonian approximation to 107
Geodesies in Schwarzschild space-time, time-like, radial 98
Geodesies in Schwarzschild space-time, time-like, unbound orbits 113
Geodesies in Schwarzschild space-time, time-like, with imaginary eccentricities 111 115
Geodesies, affinely parametrized 20 see
Geodesies, Hamiltonians for 96 327
Geodesies, Lagrangians for 96 224 342
Geodesies, time-like, null 33
Geroch — Held — Penrose formalism 64 429
Goldberg — Sachs theorem 62 135 300
Gravitational perturbations see "Perturbations of Kerr space-time" "Perturbations
Gravitational waves, linearized theory 521 see
Hamilton — Jacobi equation 344
Hawking — Hartle formula 526
Inertial frame 69
Inertial frame, dragging of 70 142 283 289
Initial-value equations 603
Initial-value equations for non-stationary axisymmetric perturbations 604
Initial-value equations for quasi-stationary axisymmetric perturbations 611
Integrability condition (in gravitational perturbations of Kerr space-time) 457 479
Integral identities 487 489 495—496 501
Intrinsic derivative in dyad formalism 538
Intrinsic derivative in tetrad formalism 37
Israel's theorem 299
Jacobi identity 15 26
Jost function 169
Kerr geometry see also "Kerr metric Kerr
Kerr geometry, electromagnetic waves in 382 see
Kerr geometry, neutrino waves in 546
Kerr geometry, spin-1/2 particles in 531
Kerr metric 289 see
Kerr metric, conjugate of 286
Kerr metric, derivation of 286
Kerr metric, discovery of 302 317
Kerr metric, Hawking — Hartle basis for 423
Kerr metric, its type-D character 300
Kerr metric, its uniqueness 1 292
Kerr metric, Kerr — Schild form 306
Kerr metric, stability of, for axisymmetric perturbations 620
Kerr space-time, additional integrals of geodesic motion in 324
Kerr space-time, description in Newman — Penrose formalism 299
Kerr space-time, gravitational perturbations of 430
Kerr space-time, gravitational perturbations of, systems of equations governing 450—452
Kerr space-time, maximum analytic extension 313
Kerr space-time, nature of 308
Kerr space-time, possible violation of causality 377
Kerr space-time, propagation of electromagnetic waves in Kerr geometry see "Maxwell's equations in Kerr geometry"
Kerr space-time, ring singularity in 309—10
Kerr space-time, separation of Dirac's equation 544
Kerr space-time, separation of equations governing Weyl scalars 433
Kerr space-time, separation of Hamilton — Jacobi equation 344
Kerr space-time, separation of Maxwell's equations 384
Kerr — Newman metric see also "Kerr — Newman space-time"
Kerr — Newman metric, conjugate of 574—576
Kerr — Newman metric, derivation of 573
Kerr — Newman metric, discovery of 622
Kerr — Newman metric, its type-D character 579
Kerr — Newman space-time, description in Newman — Penrose formalism 579
Kerr — Newman space-time, perturbations of 580
Kerr — Schild metrics 302
Klein paradox 561
Korteweg-de Vries equation 173 203
Levi — Cevita symbol 68 534
Lie bracket 14 38
Lie derivative 15
Lie derivative, relation to exterior derivative 16
Lie differentiation 14
Lowering indices 27
Lowering indices for spinors 534
Majumdar — Papapetrou solution 591
Maxwell scalars 51
Maxwell scalars for Kerr — Newman space-time 579
Maxwell scalars for Reissner — Nordstroem perturbations 252
Maxwell scalars for Reissner — Nordstroem space-time 226
Maxwell's equations for non-stationary, non-axisymmetric space-times 83
Maxwell's equations for stationary axisymmetric space-times 226
Maxwell's equations for stationary axisymmetric space-times, linearized 227
Maxwell's equations in Kerr geometry 384
Maxwell's equations in Kerr geometry, completion of solution of 392
Maxwell's equations in Kerr geometry, reduction and separation of 385 429
Maxwell's equations in Kerr geometry, solution for vector potential 395
Maxwell's equations in Newman — Penrose formalism 51—52
Maxwell's equations, already linearized for type-D metrics 239
Maxwell's equations, derived from choice of gauge 435
Metric perturbations see "Perturbations of Kerr space-time" "Perturbations "Perturbations
Metric perturbations of Kerr space-time 430
Metric perturbations of Kerr space-time, expressed in terms of perturbations of basis vectors 445—446
Metric perturbations of Kerr space-time, statement of problem 443
Metric tensor, algebraically special 58 61
Metric tensor, definition 26
Metric tensor, Kerr — Schild form 302
Metric tensor, special forms for 68 72 85 93 205 273 277 302 564 583 588 598
Newman — Penrose formalism 40
Newman — Penrose formalism, null basis for 41
Newman — Penrose formalism, spinorial basis for 538
Non-stationary axisymmetric space-times 70
Non-stationary axisymmetric space-times, reduced form for metric 72 139 598
Non-stationary, non-axisymmetric, space-times, chosen form for metric 73
Non-stationary, non-axisymmetric, space-times, components of Riemann tensor for 78 79
Null congruence 56 see "Principal
Null congruence, conditions for being geodesic 56
Null congruence, conditions for being shear-free 62
Null-tetrad basis 41
Null-tetrad basis for Kerr space-time 299 300
Null-tetrad basis for Kerr — Newman space-time 579
Null-tetrad basis for Reissner — Nordstroem space-time 225
Null-tetrad basis for Schwarzschild space-time 135
Observations, general 1 198 270 427 529 583 596 637
Optical scalars 56 526
Papapetrou transformation 277
Parallel displacement 19
Parity, of perturbations 203 see "Polar
Path length 27
Pauli matrices 536 539 543
Penrose process 366 see
Penrose process, reversible extraction of energy 373
Perihelion, advance of 108
Perturbations of Kerr space-time (in Newman — Penrose formalism) see also "Integrability condition" "Starobinsky
Perturbations of Kerr space-time (in Newman — Penrose formalism), a last observation 529
Perturbations of Kerr space-time (in Newman — Penrose formalism), choice of gauge 434 443
Perturbations of Kerr space-time (in Newman — Penrose formalism), decoupling and separation of basic equations 433 464 469—70 529
Perturbations of Kerr space-time (in Newman — Penrose formalism), definitions and lemmas 383 432
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