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Abstract:
This study proposes an axisymmetric generalization of the Vaidya metric, namely the Vaidya-Kerr metric, to describe a radiating rotating black hole, and presents its Hawking radiation temperature. This study is an improved version of our previous research via ellipsoid coordinate transformation, and the Einstein field equations are solved concisely and intuitively by an orthogonal ansatz. The results demonstrate that the energy-momentum tensor of the derived radiating Kerr metric satisfies the energy-conservation law and is classified as a Petrov type II fluid, whereas the stationary Kerr metric is a Petrov type IV vacuum. The inner and outer event-horizon radii, the ergosphere radii, as well as the angular velocity at the event horizon are solved, and then, surface gravity, entropy, and Hawking radiation are derived. We estimate the Hawking-radiation temperature of the black holes with the angular momentum and the same mass of Pluto and the sun, as well as the supermassive black hole in the core of the M87 galaxy to be 9.42K, K, and K, respectively. Only the value of the rotating Pluto-mass black hole is slightly greater than the 3K cosmic microwave background radiation and may be detected by high-resolution tools in the future.
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