Null infinity as an inverted extremal horizon: Matching an infinite set of conserved quantities for gravitational perturbations

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Main Authors: Agrawal, Shreyansh, Charalambous, Panagiotis, Donnay, Laura
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Published: 2025
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author Agrawal, Shreyansh
Charalambous, Panagiotis
Donnay, Laura
author_facet Agrawal, Shreyansh
Charalambous, Panagiotis
Donnay, Laura
contents Every spacetime that is asymptotically flat near null infinity can be conformally mapped via a spatial inversion onto the geometry around an extremal, non-rotating and non-expanding horizon. We set up a dictionary for this geometric duality, connecting the geometry and physics near null infinity to those near the dual horizon. We then study its physical implications for conserved quantities for extremal black holes, extending previously known results to the case of gravitational perturbations. In particular, we derive a tower of near-horizon gravitational charges that are exactly conserved and show their one-to-one matching with Newman-Penrose conserved quantities associated with gravitational perturbations of the extremal Reissner-Nordström black hole geometry. We furthermore demonstrate the physical relevance of spatial inversions for extremal Kerr-Newman black holes, even if the latter are notoriously not conformally isometric under such inversions.
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spellingShingle Null infinity as an inverted extremal horizon: Matching an infinite set of conserved quantities for gravitational perturbations
Agrawal, Shreyansh
Charalambous, Panagiotis
Donnay, Laura
High Energy Physics - Theory
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Every spacetime that is asymptotically flat near null infinity can be conformally mapped via a spatial inversion onto the geometry around an extremal, non-rotating and non-expanding horizon. We set up a dictionary for this geometric duality, connecting the geometry and physics near null infinity to those near the dual horizon. We then study its physical implications for conserved quantities for extremal black holes, extending previously known results to the case of gravitational perturbations. In particular, we derive a tower of near-horizon gravitational charges that are exactly conserved and show their one-to-one matching with Newman-Penrose conserved quantities associated with gravitational perturbations of the extremal Reissner-Nordström black hole geometry. We furthermore demonstrate the physical relevance of spatial inversions for extremal Kerr-Newman black holes, even if the latter are notoriously not conformally isometric under such inversions.
title Null infinity as an inverted extremal horizon: Matching an infinite set of conserved quantities for gravitational perturbations
topic High Energy Physics - Theory
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.15526