On the central singularity of the BTZ geometries

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Autores principales: Briceño, Matías, Martínez, Cristián, Zanelli, Jorge
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Publicado: 2024
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author Briceño, Matías
Martínez, Cristián
Zanelli, Jorge
author_facet Briceño, Matías
Martínez, Cristián
Zanelli, Jorge
contents The nature of the central singularity of the BTZ geometries -- stationary vacuum solutions of 2+1 gravity with negative cosmological constant $Λ=-\ell^{-2}$ and $SO(2)\times \mathbb{R}$ isometry -- is discussed. The essential tool for this analysis is the holonomy operator on a closed path (i.e., Wilson loop) around the central singularity. The study considers the holonomies for the Lorentz and AdS$_3$ connections. The analysis is carried out for all values of the mass $M$ and angular momentum $J$, namely, for black holes ($M \ell \ge |J|$) and naked singularities ($M \ell < |J|$). In general, both Lorentz and AdS$_3$ holonomies are nontrivial in the zero-radius limit revealing the presence of delta-like singularity at the origin in the curvature and torsion two-forms. However, in the cases $M\pm J/\ell=-n_{\pm}^2$, with $n_{\pm} \in \mathbb{N}$, recently identified in \cite{GMYZ} as BPS configurations, the AdS$_3$ holonomy reduces to the identity. Nevertheless, except for the AdS$_{3}$ spacetime ($M=-1$, $J=0$), all BTZ geometries have a central singularity which is not revealed by local operations.
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spellingShingle On the central singularity of the BTZ geometries
Briceño, Matías
Martínez, Cristián
Zanelli, Jorge
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Theory
The nature of the central singularity of the BTZ geometries -- stationary vacuum solutions of 2+1 gravity with negative cosmological constant $Λ=-\ell^{-2}$ and $SO(2)\times \mathbb{R}$ isometry -- is discussed. The essential tool for this analysis is the holonomy operator on a closed path (i.e., Wilson loop) around the central singularity. The study considers the holonomies for the Lorentz and AdS$_3$ connections. The analysis is carried out for all values of the mass $M$ and angular momentum $J$, namely, for black holes ($M \ell \ge |J|$) and naked singularities ($M \ell < |J|$). In general, both Lorentz and AdS$_3$ holonomies are nontrivial in the zero-radius limit revealing the presence of delta-like singularity at the origin in the curvature and torsion two-forms. However, in the cases $M\pm J/\ell=-n_{\pm}^2$, with $n_{\pm} \in \mathbb{N}$, recently identified in \cite{GMYZ} as BPS configurations, the AdS$_3$ holonomy reduces to the identity. Nevertheless, except for the AdS$_{3}$ spacetime ($M=-1$, $J=0$), all BTZ geometries have a central singularity which is not revealed by local operations.
title On the central singularity of the BTZ geometries
topic General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.06552