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Old 25-11-2010, 07:01 AM
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Steven,

Not according to this ...
http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/Black_holes
Read section on Dynamical black holes. Interesting movie attached.

Regards, Rob
Rob,

The distortion of the event horizon is a property of angular momentum not gravity. In the case of dynamical black holes one needs to consider the angular momentum of the black holes rotating around a centre of mass.

Consider the effects of intrinsic angular momentum on horizons.
A Kerr black hole is a rotating black hole and has 2 horizons, one is similar to the Schwarzschild event horizon, the other is is a flattened sphere that extends out from the equatorial region of the black hole. The faster the black hole rotates the greater the dimensional change effects on each horizon.

A general statement about the effect of angular momentum on horizons is also found in your reference under "Black hole parameters".

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Steven
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