Published March 7, 2009 | Version v1
Journal article

Uniqueness of near-horizon geometries of rotating extremal AdS4 black holes

  • 1. DAMTP, University of Cambridge Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Wilbeforce Road, Cambridge, CB3 0WA (United Kingdom)
  • 2. Centre for Particle Theory, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Durham, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE (United Kingdom)

Description

We consider stationary extremal black hole solutions of the Einstein-Maxwell equations with a negative cosmological constant in four dimensions. We determine all non-static axisymmetric near-horizon geometries and all static near-horizon geometries for black holes of this kind. This allows us to deduce that the most general near-horizon geometry of an asymptotically globally AdS4 rotating extremal black hole is the near-horizon limit of extremal Kerr-Newman-AdS4. We also identify the subset of near-horizon geometries which are supersymmetric. Finally, we show which physical quantities of extremal black holes may be computed from the near-horizon limit alone, and point out a simple formula for the entropy of the known supersymmetric AdS4 black hole. Analogous results are presented in the case of a vanishing cosmological constant.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0264-9381/26/5/055019

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1088/0264-9381/26/5/055019;
PII
S0264-9381(09)02733-6;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Classical and Quantum Gravity
Journal Volume
26
Journal Issue
5
Journal Page Range
[19 p.]
ISSN
0264-9381
CODEN
CQGRDG

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