Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Scientific paper
2011-01-24
Class.Quant.Grav.28:105023,2011
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
13 pages, two figures. Version 2 has several references updated and added, as well as some minor changes to the text. Accepted
Scientific paper
10.1088/0264-9381/28/10/105023
It is known that the SU(2) degrees of freedom manifest in the description of the gravitational field in loop quantum gravity are generally reduced to U(1) degrees of freedom on an $S^2$ isolated horizon. General relativity also allows black holes with planar, toroidal, or higher genus topology for their horizons. These solutions also meet the criteria for an isolated horizon, save for the topological criterion, which is not crucial. We discuss the relevant corresponding symmetry reduction for black holes of various topologies (genus 0 and $\geq 2$) here and discuss its ramifications to black hole entropy within the loop quantum gravity paradigm. Quantities relevant to the horizon theory are calculated explicitly using a generalized ansatz for the connection and densitized triad, as well as utilizing a general metric admitting hyperbolic sub-spaces. In all scenarios, the internal symmetry may be reduced to combinations of U(1).
Brännlund Johan
DeBenedictis Andrew
Kloster Steve
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