Electromagnetic source for the Kerr–Newman geometry

Abstract

Source-free equations of nonlinear electrodynamics minimally coupled to gravity (NED-GR) admit regular axially symmetric asymptotically Kerr–Newman solutions which describe electrically charged rotating black holes and spinning solitons. Asymptotic analysis of solutions shows the existence of de Sitter vacuum interior which has the properties of a perfect conductor and an ideal diamagnetic. The Kerr ring singularity (a naked singularity in the case without horizons) is replaced with a superconducting current which serves as a nondissipative source of the Kerr–Newman fields and can be responsible for an unlimited life time of a spinning object.