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Journal article

Extracting information on black hole horizons

  • 1. Research Centre for Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics, Institute of Physics, Silesian University in Opava, Bezručovo náměstí 13, CZ-74601 Opava (Czech Republic)
  • 2. Department of Theoretical and Nuclear Physics, Kazakh National University, Almaty 050040 (Kazakhstan)
  • 3. Dipartimento di Fisica and ICRA, Università di Roma "La Sapienza", I-00185 Roma (Italy)
  • 4. Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, AP 70543, México, DF 04510 (Mexico)

Description

We present some features of Kerr black hole horizons that are replicated on orbits accessible to outside observers. We use the concepts of horizon confinement and replicas to show that outside the outer horizon there exist photon orbits whose frequencies contain information about the inner horizon and that can, in principle, be detected through the emission spectra of black holes. It is shown that such photon orbits exist close to the rotation axis of the Kerr geometry. We argue that these results could be used to recognize and further investigate black holes and their horizons.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2021.115544

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2021.115544;
PII
S0550321321002418;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Physics. B
Journal Volume
972
Journal Page Range
vp.
ISSN
0550-3213
CODEN
NUPBBO

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
54010885
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY; S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
BLACK HOLES; EMISSION SPECTRA; GEOMETRY; PHOTONS; ROTATION
Descriptors DEC
BOSONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; MASSLESS PARTICLES; MATHEMATICS; MOTION; SPECTRA

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Copyright
Copyright (c) 2021 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V.