Laws governing isolated horizons: Inclusion of dilaton couplings

Abhay Ashtekar, Alejandro Corichi

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Abstract

Mechanics of non-rotating black holes was recently generalized by replacing the static event horizons used in standard treatments with 'isolated horizons'. This framework is extended to incorporate dilaton couplings. Since there can be gravitational and matter radiation outside isolated horizons, now the fundamental parameters of the horizon, used in mechanics, must be defined using only the local structure of the horizon, without reference to infinity. This task is accomplished and the zeroth and first laws are established. To complement the previous work, the entire discussion is formulated tensorially, without any reference to spinors.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1317-1332
Number of pages16
JournalClassical and Quantum Gravity
Volume17
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 21 2000

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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