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Deformed and twisted black holes with NUTs

High Energy Physics - Theory 2018-07-18 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We construct a new class of vacuum black hole solutions whose geometry is deformed and twisted by the presence of NUT charges. The solutions are obtained by `unspinning' the general Kerr-NUT-(A)dS spacetimes, effectively switching off some of their rotation parameters. The resulting geometry has a structure of warped space with the Kerr-like Lorentzian part warped to a Euclidean metric of deformed and/or twisted sphere, with the deformation and twist characterized by the `Euclidean NUT' parameters. In the absence of NUTs, the solution reduces to a well known Kerr-(A)dS black hole with several rotations switched off. New geometries inherit the original symmetry of the Kerr-NUT-(A)dS family, namely, they possess the full Killing tower of hidden and explicit symmetries. As expected, for vanishing NUT, twist, and deformation parameters, the symmetry is further enlarged.

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@article{arxiv.1511.02536,
  title  = {Deformed and twisted black holes with NUTs},
  author = {Pavel Krtous and David Kubiznak and Valeri P. Frolov and Ivan Kolar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1511.02536},
  year   = {2018}
}

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22 pages

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