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Two-dimensional Lorentz invariance of spherically symmetric black holes

High Energy Physics - Theory 2015-06-18 v1 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We show that a static spherically symmetric black hole, in a generic theory of gravity with generic matter fields, has a two-dimensional Lorentz symmetry.

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@article{arxiv.1402.6707,
  title  = {Two-dimensional Lorentz invariance of spherically symmetric black holes},
  author = {Lam Hui and Alberto Nicolis},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1402.6707},
  year   = {2015}
}

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To appear in Phys. Rev. D