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The ultrarelativistic Kerr geometry and its energy-momentum tensor

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, , Citation Herbert Balasin and Herbert Nachbagauer 1995 Class. Quantum Grav. 12 707 DOI 10.1088/0264-9381/12/3/009

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1 Institut für Theoretische Physik, Technische Universität Wien, Wiedner Hauptstrasse 8--10, A-1040 Wien, Austria

2 Laboratoire de Physique Théorique, ENSLAPP Chemin de Bellevue, BP 110, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux Cedex, France

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  1. Received 2 September 1994

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Abstract

The ultrarelativistic limit of the Schwarzschild and Kerr geometries, together with their respective energy-momentum tensors, is derived. Our approach is based on tensor distributions making use of the underlying Kerr-Schild structure, which remains stable under the ultrarelativistic boost.

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