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Geometric Inequality for Axisymmetric Black Holes With Angular Momentum

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2025-03-17 v2

Abstract

In an effort to understand the Penrose inequality for black holes with angular momentum, an axisymmetric, vacuum, asymptotically Euclidean initial data set subject to certain quasi-stationary conditions is considered for a case study. A new geometric definition of angular velocity of a rotating black hole is defined in terms of the momentum constraint, without any reference to a stationary Killing vector field. The momentum constraint is then shown to be equivalent to the dynamics of a two-dimensional steady compressible fluid flow governed by a quasi-conformal mapping. In terms of spinors, a generalised first law for rotating black holes (possibly with multi-connected horizon located along the symmetry axis) is then proven and may be regarded as a Penrose-type inequality for black holes with angular momentum.

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@article{arxiv.2312.10590,
  title  = {Geometric Inequality for Axisymmetric Black Holes With Angular Momentum},
  author = {Xuefeng Feng and Ruodi Yan and Sijie Gao and Yun-Kau Lau and Shing-Tung Yau},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2312.10590},
  year   = {2025}
}

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Typos corrected, matches the published version