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Separability, plane wave limits and black holes

High Energy Physics - Theory 2021-09-22 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We present a systematic construction of the Penrose coordinates and plane wave limits of spacetimes for which both the null Hamilton-Jacobi and geodesic equations separate. The method is illustrated for the Kerr-NUT-(A)dS four-dimensional black holes. The plane wave limits of the near horizon geometry of the extreme Kerr black hole are also explored. All near horizon geometries of extreme black holes with a Killing horizon admit Minkowski spacetime as a plane wave limit.

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@article{arxiv.2007.04702,
  title  = {Separability, plane wave limits and black holes},
  author = {G. Papadopoulos},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2007.04702},
  year   = {2021}
}

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15 pages

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