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The Petrov type D equation on genus $>0$ sections of isolated horizons

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2018-08-15 v3 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

The Petrov type D equation imposed on the 2-metric tensor and the rotation scalar of a cross-section of an isolated horizon can be used to uniquely distinguish the Kerr - (anti) de Sitter spacetime in the case the topology of the cross-section is that of a sphere. In the current paper we study that equation on closed 2-dimensional surfaces that have genus >0>0. We derive all the solutions assuming the embeddability in 4-dimensional spacetime that satisfies the vacuum Einstein equations with (possibly 0) cosmological constant. We prove all of them have constant Gauss curvature and zero rotation. Consequently, we provide a quazi-local argument for a black hole in 4-dimensional spacetime to have a topologically spherical cross-section.

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@article{arxiv.1804.09614,
  title  = {The Petrov type D equation on genus $>0$ sections of isolated horizons},
  author = {Denis Dobkowski-Ryłko and Wojciech Kamiński and Jerzy Lewandowski and Adam Szereszewski},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1804.09614},
  year   = {2018}
}