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The First Law for Rotating NUTs

High Energy Physics - Theory 2019-09-25 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We address a long-standing problem of describing the thermodynamics of rotating Taub--NUT solutions. The obtained first law is of full cohomogeneity and allows for asymmetric distributions of Misner strings as well as their potential variable strengths---encoded in the gravitational Misner charges. Notably, the angular momentum is no longer given by the Noether charge over the sphere at infinity and picks up non-trivial contributions from Misner strings.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1905.06350,
  title  = {The First Law for Rotating NUTs},
  author = {Alvaro Ballon Bordo and Finnian Gray and Robie A. Hennigar and David Kubiznak},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1905.06350},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

5 pages v2: minor upgrades

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