Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Scientific paper
2004-06-03
J.Math.Phys. 45 (2004) 4551
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
15 pages, added references
Scientific paper
Under certain conditions, a $(1+1)$-dimensional slice $\hat{g}$ of a spherically symmetric black hole spacetime can be equivariantly embedded in $(2+1)$-dimensional Minkowski space. The embedding depends on a real parameter that corresponds physically to the surface gravity $\kappa$ of the black hole horizon. Under conditions that turn out to be closely related, a real surface that possesses rotational symmetry can be equivariantly embedded in 3-dimensional Euclidean space. The embedding does not obviously depend on a parameter. However, the Gaussian curvature is given by a simple formula: If the metric is written $g = \phi(r)^{-1} dr^2 + \phi(r) d\theta^2$, then $\K_g=-{1/2}\phi''(r)$. This note shows that metrics $g$ and $\hat{g}$ occur in dual pairs, and that the embeddings described above are orthogonal facets of a single phenomenon. In particular, the metrics and their respective embeddings differ by a Wick rotation that preserves the ambient symmetry. Consequently, the embedding of $g$ depends on a real parameter. The ambient space is not smooth, and $\kappa$ is inversely proportional to the cone angle at the axis of rotation. Further, the Gaussian curvature of $\hat{g}$ is given by a simple formula that seems not to be widely known.
Giblin John T. Jr.
Hwang Andrew D.
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