Notes on isolated horizons

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/17/24/307MaRDI QIDQ2704071zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Ghanashyam Date

Publication date 11 January 2002

Published in Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0009037

zbMATH Keywords

black hole thermodynamicsisolated horizons

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Classical and relativistic thermodynamics (80A10) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Black holes (83C57)

Abstract: A general analysis for characterizing and classifying `isolated horizons' is presented in terms of null tetrads and spin coefficients. The freely specifiable spin coefficients corresponding to isolated horizons are identified and specific symmetry classes are enumerated. For isolated horizons admitting at least one spatial isometry, a standard set of spherical coordinates are introduced and associated metric is obtained. An angular momentum is also defined.

Review text

The author presents a general analysis of isolated horizons, introduced by Ashtekar et al., using the null tetrad formalism. The analogue of the zeroth law of thermodynamics is obtained from the non-expanding condition on the horizon introduced by the author. Using invariant vector fields and 1-forms, the symmetries of isolated horizons are analysed and it is shown that if at least one spatial isometry exists, then a unique foliation can be fixed. Conserved quantities corresponding to conserved quantites of the Kerr-Newman family of solutions are defined.

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