Metric-based Hamiltonians, null boundaries, and isolated horizons

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2001-05-02

arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0105009v2

Class.Quant.Grav. 18 (2001) 4239-4264

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

28 pages, LaTex, 2 figures, minor changes - typos fixed, a few sentences rephrased, one reference added. Content essentially u

Scientific paper

10.1088/0264-9381/18/20/305

We extend the quasilocal (metric-based) Hamiltonian formulation of general relativity so that it may be used to study regions of spacetime with null boundaries. In particular we use this generalized Brown-York formalism to study the physics of isolated horizons. We show that the first law of isolated horizon mechanics follows directly from the first variation of the Hamiltonian. This variation is not restricted to the phase space of solutions to the equations of motion but is instead through the space of all (off-shell) spacetimes that contain isolated horizons. We find two-surface integrals evaluated on the horizons that are consistent with the Hamiltonian and which define the energy and angular momentum of these objects. These are closely related to the corresponding Komar integrals and for Kerr-Newman spacetime are equal to the corresponding ADM/Bondi quantities. Thus, the energy of an isolated horizon calculated by this method is in agreement with that recently calculated by Ashtekar and collaborators but not the same as the corresponding quasilocal energy defined by Brown and York. Isolated horizon mechanics and Brown-York thermodynamics are compared.

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