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Virasoro hair and entropy for axisymmetric Killing horizons

Authors :
Chen, Lin-Qing
Chua, Wan Zhen
Liu, Shuwei
Speranza, Antony J.
Torres, Bruno de S. L.
Source :
Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 241302 (2020)
Publication Year :
2020

Abstract

We show that the gravitational phase space for the near-horizon region of a bifurcate, axisymmetric Killing horizon in any dimension admits a 2D conformal symmetry algebra with central charges proportional to the area. This extends the construction of [Haco et. al., JHEP 12, 098 (2018)] to generic Killing horizons appearing in solutions of Einstein's equations, and motivates a holographic description in terms of a 2D conformal field theory. The Cardy entropy in such a field theory agrees with the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy of the horizon, suggesting a microscopic interpretation.<br />Comment: 6+4 pages, 2 columns, 1 figure, v2: included a derivation of integrability of the horizon charges, added appendix on the near-horizon expansion for Kerr, references added; updated to match published version

Details

Database :
arXiv
Journal :
Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 241302 (2020)
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.2006.02430
Document Type :
Working Paper
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.241302