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Boundary Conditions for Extremal Black Holes from 2d Gravity

by Stephane Detournay, Thomas Smoes and Raphaela Wutte

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Authors (as registered SciPost users): Thomas Smoes · Raphaela Wutte
Submission information
Preprint Link: scipost_202403_00003v2  (pdf)
Date accepted: 2024-05-13
Date submitted: 2024-05-07 02:57
Submitted by: Wutte, Raphaela
Submitted to: SciPost Physics
Ontological classification
Academic field: Physics
Specialties:
  • High-Energy Physics - Theory
Approach: Theoretical

Abstract

We devise new boundary conditions for the near-horizon geometries of extremal BTZ and Kerr black holes, as well as for the ultra-cold limit of the Kerr-de Sitter black hole. These boundary conditions are obtained as the higher-dimensional uplift of recently proposed boundary conditions in two-dimensional gravity. Their asymptotic symmetries consist in the semi-direct product of a Virasoro and a current algebra, of which we determine the central extensions.

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Author comments upon resubmission

We have addressed the comments and questions of the referees by supplementing our paper with a conclusion. In addition, we have added several sentences in other parts of the paper for additional clarification.

List of changes

-) changed last sentence in first paragraph of page 4
-) changed last sentence in second paragraph of page 4
-) changed sentence directly before equation (16) on page 6
-) added 2 sentences directly below equation (16) and on page 6
-) added 2 sentences at the end of the paragraph below equation (19) on page 7
-) added one sentence below equation (27) on page 8
-) added last paragraph at the very end of section 2.4.
-) added conclusion and table

Current status:
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Editorial decision: For Journal SciPost Physics: Publish
(status: Editorial decision fixed and (if required) accepted by authors)


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