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Supertranslations and Superrotations at the Black Hole Horizon

High Energy Physics - Theory 2016-03-09 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We show that the asymptotic symmetries close to nonextremal black hole horizons are generated by an extension of supertranslations. This group is generated by a semidirect sum of Virasoro and Abelian currents. The charges associated with the asymptotic Killing symmetries satisfy the same algebra. When considering the special case of a stationary black hole, the zero mode charges correspond to the angular momentum and the entropy at the horizon.

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@article{arxiv.1511.08687,
  title  = {Supertranslations and Superrotations at the Black Hole Horizon},
  author = {Laura Donnay and Gaston Giribet and Hernan A. Gonzalez and Miguel Pino},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1511.08687},
  year   = {2016}
}

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6 pages, references added, published version