Toward a Complete Analysis of the Global Structure of Kerr-Newman Spacetime
Abstract
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An attempt is made to supplement Carter's partial investigation of the global structure of Kerr-Newman spacetime on the symmetry axis. Namely, the global structure of θ= const. timelike submanifolds of Kerr-Newman metric starting from the symmetry axis all the way down to the equatorial plane are studied by introducing a new time coordinate slightly different from the usual Boyer-Lindquist time coordinate. It turns out that the maximal anaytic extension of θ= θ_0 (0 \leq θ_0 < π/2) submanifolds is the same as that of the symmetry axis first studied by Carter whereas θ= π/2 equatorial plane has the topology identical to that of the Reissner-Nordstrom spacetime. General applicability of this method to Kerr-Newman-type black hole solutions in other gravity theories is discussed as well.
18 pages, Revtex
18 pages, Revtex