Intrinsic rigidity of extremal horizons

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Autori principali: Dunajski, Maciej, Lucietti, James
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author Dunajski, Maciej
Lucietti, James
author_facet Dunajski, Maciej
Lucietti, James
contents We prove that the intrinsic geometry of compact cross-sections of any vacuum extremal horizon must admit a Killing vector field. If the cross-sections are two-dimensional spheres, this implies that the most general solution is the extremal Kerr horizon and completes the classification of the associated near-horizon geometries. The same results hold with a cosmological constant. Furthermore, we also deduce that any non-trivial vacuum near-horizon geometry, with a non-positive cosmological constant, must have a Lie algebra of Killing vector fields that contains $\mathfrak{sl}(2)\times \mathfrak{u}(1)$ in all dimensions under no symmetry assumptions. We also show that, if the cross-sections are two-dimensional, the horizon Einstein equation is equivalent to a single fourth order PDE for the Kähler potential, and that this equation is explicitly solvable on the sphere if the corresponding metric admits a Killing vector.
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spellingShingle Intrinsic rigidity of extremal horizons
Dunajski, Maciej
Lucietti, James
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Theory
Differential Geometry
We prove that the intrinsic geometry of compact cross-sections of any vacuum extremal horizon must admit a Killing vector field. If the cross-sections are two-dimensional spheres, this implies that the most general solution is the extremal Kerr horizon and completes the classification of the associated near-horizon geometries. The same results hold with a cosmological constant. Furthermore, we also deduce that any non-trivial vacuum near-horizon geometry, with a non-positive cosmological constant, must have a Lie algebra of Killing vector fields that contains $\mathfrak{sl}(2)\times \mathfrak{u}(1)$ in all dimensions under no symmetry assumptions. We also show that, if the cross-sections are two-dimensional, the horizon Einstein equation is equivalent to a single fourth order PDE for the Kähler potential, and that this equation is explicitly solvable on the sphere if the corresponding metric admits a Killing vector.
title Intrinsic rigidity of extremal horizons
topic General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Theory
Differential Geometry
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.17512