Generalization of on-shell construction of Ricci-flat axisymmetric black holes from Schwazschild black holes via Newman-Janis algorithm (2410.02178v1)

Abstract: We address a specific issue of the Newman-Janis algorithm: determining the general form of the complex transformation for the Schwarzschild metric and ensuring that the resulting axisymmetric metric satisfies the Ricci-flat condition. We address a specific issue of the Newman-Janis algorithm: determining the general form of the complex transformation for the Schwarzschild metric and ensuring that the resulting axisymmetric metric satisfies the Ricci-flat condition. In this context, the Ricci-flat condition acts as the equation of motion, indicating that our discussion of the Newman-Janis algorithm operates "on-shell." Owing to the Ricci-flat condition, we refer to the class of black holes derived from the Schwarzschild metric through this algorithm as the "on-shell Newman-Janis class of Schwarzschild black holes" in order to emphasize Newman-Janis algorithm's potential as a classification tool for axisymmetric black holes. The general complex transformation we derive not only generates the Kerr, Taub-NUT, and Kerr-Taub-NUT black holes under specific choices of parameters but also suggests the existence of additional axisymmetric black holes. Our findings open an alternative avenue using the Newman-Janis algorithm for the on-shell construction of new axisymmetric black holes.