Nonexistence of closed timelike geodesics in Kerr spacetimes

The Kerr-star spacetime is the extension over the horizons and in the negative radial region of the Kerr spacetime. Despite the presence of closed timelike curves below the inner horizon, we prove that the timelike geodesics cannot be closed in the Kerr-star spacetime. Since the existence of closed null geodesics was ruled out by the author in Sanzeni [arXiv:2308.09631v3 (2024)], this result shows the absence of closed causal geodesics in the Kerr-star spacetime.

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Journal of Mathematical Physics
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2024-08-01
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https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0221959
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Nonexistence of closed timelike geodesics in Kerr spacetimes

Giulio Sanzeni
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Nonexistence of closed timelike geodesics in Kerr spacetimes

Giulio Sanzeni
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Abstract

The Kerr-star spacetime is the extension over the horizons and in the negative radial region of the Kerr spacetime. Despite the presence of closed timelike curves below the inner horizon, we prove that the timelike geodesics cannot be closed in the Kerr-star spacetime. Since the existence of closed null geodesics was ruled out by the author in Sanzeni [arXiv:2308.09631v3 (2024)], this result shows the absence of closed causal geodesics in the Kerr-star spacetime.

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