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A Killing tensor for higher dimensional Kerr-AdS black holes with NUT charge

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-11-11 v3 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

In this paper, we study the recently discovered family of higher dimensional Kerr-AdS black holes with an extra NUT-like parameter. We show that the inverse metric is additively separable after multiplication by a simple function. This allows us to separate the Hamilton-Jacobi equation, showing that geodesic motion is integrable on this background. The separation of the Hamilton-Jacobi equation is intimately linked to the existence of an irreducible Killing tensor, which provides an extra constant of motion. We also demonstrate that the Klein-Gordon equation for this background is separable.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0602118,
  title  = {A Killing tensor for higher dimensional Kerr-AdS black holes with NUT charge},
  author = {Paul Davis},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0602118},
  year   = {2009}
}

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LaTeX, 14 pages. v2: Typo corrected and equation added. v3: Reference added, introduction expanded, published version