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Black Holes and the Kerr-Newman Metric
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What is the Kerr-Newman metric?
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A solution to Einstein's field equations describing the spacetime around a rotating, charged black hole
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The Kerr-Newman metric is a solution to Einstein's field equations that describes the spacetime around a rotating, charged black hole. It is a generalization of the Kerr metric, which describes the spacetime around a rotating, uncharged black hole, and the Reissner-Nordström metric, which describes the spacetime around a non-rotating, charged black hole.