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Phys. Rev. Lett. 25, 1596–1597 (1970)

Reversible and Irreversible Transformations in Black-Hole Physics

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Demetrios Christodoulou
Joseph Henry Laboratories, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08540

Received 17 September 1970; published in the issue dated 30 November 1970

The concepts of irreducible mass and of reversible and irreversible transformations in black holes are introduced, leading to the formula E2=mir2+(L2/4mir2)+p2 for a black hole of linear momentum p and angular momentum L.

© 1970 The American Physical Society

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10.1103/PhysRevLett.25.1596
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