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Anti-de Sitter Quotients: When Are They Black Holes?

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2008-11-26 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We point out that the BTZ black holes, and their relatives, can be defined in a cleaner way than they originally were. The covering space can be taken to be anti-de Sitter space, period, while scri splits up into components due to Misner singularities. Our definition permits us to choose between two conflicting claims concerning BTZ black holes in 3+1 dimensions.

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@article{arxiv.0801.3163,
  title  = {Anti-de Sitter Quotients: When Are They Black Holes?},
  author = {Stefan Aminneborg and Ingemar Bengtsson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0801.3163},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

16 pages, 4 figures; minor polish added