Quasistationary collapse to the extreme Kerr black hole

TL;DR

This paper demonstrates that the extreme Kerr black hole uniquely serves as the limiting state for rotating fluid bodies in equilibrium, highlighting its fundamental role in astrophysical black hole models.

Contribution

It establishes the extreme Kerr black hole as the sole candidate for the black hole limit of rotating fluid bodies in equilibrium.

Findings

Extreme Kerr black hole is the only candidate for the black hole limit.

Rotating fluid bodies in equilibrium approach the extreme Kerr solution.

The result clarifies the endpoint of gravitational collapse for rotating fluids.

Abstract

It is shown that the extreme Kerr black hole is the only candidate for a black hole limit of rotating fluid bodies in equilibrium.