On the discrete version of the Kerr geometry

Abstract

In this paper, a Kerr-type solution in the Regge calculus is considered. It is assumed that the discrete general relativity, the Regge calculus, is quantized within the path integral approach. The only consequence of this approach used here is the existence of a length scale at which edge lengths are loosely fixed, as considered in our earlier paper. In addition, we previously considered the Regge action on a simplicial manifold on which the vertices are coordinatized and the corresponding piecewise constant metric is introduced, and found that for the simplest periodic simplicial structure and in the leading order over metric variations between four-simplices, this reduces to a finite-difference form of the Hilbert–Einstein action. The problem of solving the corresponding discrete Einstein equations (classical) with a length scale (having a quantum nature) arises as the problem of determining the optimal background metric for the perturbative expansion generated by the functional integral. Using a one-complex-function ansatz for the metric, which reduces to the Kerr–Schild metric in the continuum, we find a discrete metric that approximates the continuum one at large distances and is nonsingular on the (earlier) singularity ring. The effective curvature [Formula: see text], including where [Formula: see text] (gravity sources), is analyzed with a focus on the vicinity of the singularity ring.