Towards a physical interpretation of the angular momentum parameter associated with the Kerr metric
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The role of the parameter ‘a’ associated with the Kerr metric which represents the angular momentum per unit mass of a rotating massive object has been converted into determining the rotationally induced quadrapole electric field outside a rotating massive object with external dipole magnetic field. A comparison of the result with that of the Newtonian case implies that the parameter ‘a’ represents the angular momentum per unit mass of a rotating hollow object. PACS numbers : 04.20.Ex, 04.40.Nr, 04.20.Ha ∗e-mail : [email protected]
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