Published November 10, 2014 | Version v1
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The BTZ black hole as a Lorentz-flat geometry

Creators

  • 1. Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics, University of Oxford (United Kingdom)
  • 2. Universidad Andrés Bello, Av. República 440, Santiago (Chile)
  • 3. Centro de Estudios Científicos (CECs), Av. Arturo Prat 514, Valdivia (Chile)
  • 4. Departamento de Matemática y Física Aplicadas, Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción, Concepción (Chile)
  • 5. Physique Théorique et Mathématique, Université Libre de Bruxelles and International Solvay Institutes, Campus Plaine C.P. 231, B-1050 Bruxelles (Belgium)
  • 6. Departamento de Física, Universidad de Concepción, Casilla 160-C, Concepción (Chile)

Description

It is shown that 2+1 dimensional anti-de Sitter spacetimes are Lorentz-flat. This means, in particular, that any simply-connected patch of the BTZ black hole solution can be endowed with a Lorentz connection that is locally pure gauge. The result can be naturally extended to a wider class of black hole geometries and point particles in three-dimensional spacetime

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2014.09.032

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.physletb.2014.09.032;
arXiv
arXiv:1405.6657v1;
PII
S0370-2693(14)00682-0;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics Letters. Section B
Journal Volume
738
Journal Page Range
p. 134-135
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBAJ

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
47003952
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
ANTI DE SITTER SPACE; BLACK HOLES; GAUGE INVARIANCE; MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS; PARTICLES; SPACE-TIME; THREE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS
Descriptors DEC
INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; MATHEMATICAL SPACE; SPACE

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