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The Kerr black hole in thermal equilibrium and the V vacuum

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1978-12-19

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he v vacuum discussed recently by Fulling (1977) in his general study of alternative vacuum states in space-times with horizons is investigated specifically for the scalar and Dirac fields in Kerr space-time. An explicit evaluation of flux shows that except for the effects due to super-radiance of scalar waves, this vacuum corresponds to a black hole in thermal equilibrium with its environment.

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black holes (astronomy) , thermodynamic equilibrium , vacuum , astrophysics , asymptotic methods , chandrasekhar equation , dirac equation , scalars , space-time functions

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Journal of Physics A - Mathematical and General, 1979, Vol.12, p1795-1803

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http://hdl.handle.net/2289/4531

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1979, Institute of Physics