Published May 15, 2011 | Version v1
Journal article

Geometric properties of static Einstein-Maxwell dilaton horizons with a Liouville potential

  • 1. Theoretical Physics Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2G7 (Canada)

Description

We study nondegenerate and degenerate (extremal) Killing horizons of arbitrary geometry and topology within the Einstein-Maxwell-dilaton model with a Liouville potential (the EMdL model) in d-dimensional (d≥4) static space-times. Using Israel's description of a static space-time, we construct the EMdL equations and the space-time curvature invariants: the Ricci scalar, the square of the Ricci tensor, and the Kretschmann scalar. Assuming that space-time metric functions and the model fields are real analytic functions in the vicinity of a space-time horizon, we study the behavior of the space-time metric and the fields near the horizon and derive relations between the space-time curvature invariants calculated on the horizon and geometric invariants of the horizon surface. The derived relations generalize similar relations known for horizons of static four- and five-dimensional vacuum and four-dimensional electrovacuum space-times. Our analysis shows that all the extremal horizon surfaces are Einstein spaces. We present the necessary conditions for the existence of static extremal horizons within the EMdL model.

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
83
Journal Issue
10
Journal Page Range
p. 104023-104023.10
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
42094407
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
ANALYTIC FUNCTIONS; EINSTEIN-MAXWELL EQUATIONS; EQUATIONS; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; LIOUVILLE THEOREM; MANY-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; METRICS; RICCI TENSOR; SPACE; SPACE-TIME; SURFACES
Descriptors DEC
EQUATIONS; FIELD EQUATIONS; FUNCTIONS; TENSORS

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