Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
2011-04-22
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
25 pages
Scientific paper
A recent precise formulation of the hoop conjecture in four spacetime dimensions is that the Birkhoff invariant $\beta$ (the least maximal length of any sweepout or foliation by circles) of an apparent horizon of energy $E$ and area $A$ should satisfy $\beta \le 4 \pi E$. This conjecture together with the Cosmic Censorship or Isoperimetric inequality implies that the length $\ell$ of the shortest non-trivial closed geodesic satisfies $\ell^2 \le \pi A$. We have tested these conjectures on the horizons of all four-charged rotating black hole solutions of ungauged supergravity theories and find that they always hold. They continue to hold in the the presence of a negative cosmological constant, and for multi-charged rotating solutions in gauged supergravity. Surprisingly, they also hold for the Ernst-Wild static black holes immersed in a magnetic field, which are asymptotic to the Melvin solution. In five spacetime dimensions we define $\beta$ as the least maximal area of all sweepouts of the horizon by two-dimensional tori, and find in all cases examined that $ \beta(g) \le \frac{16 \pi}{3} E$, which we conjecture holds quiet generally for apparent horizons. In even spacetime dimensions $D=2N+2$, we find that for sweepouts by the product $S^1 \times S^{D-4}$, $\beta$ is bounded from above by a certain dimension-dependent multiple of the energy $E$. We also find that $\ell^{D-2}$ is bounded from above by a certain dimension-dependent multiple of the horizon area $A$. Finally, we show that $\ell^{D-3}$ is bounded from above by a certain dimension-dependent multiple of the energy, for all Kerr-AdS black holes.
Cvetic Mirjam
Gibbons Gary W.
Pope Christopher N.
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