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Renormalized stress tensor in Kerr space-time: Numerical results for the Hartle-Hawking vacuum

Journal Article · · Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
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  1. School of Mathematical Sciences, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4 (Ireland)
We show that the pathology which afflicts the Hartle-Hawking vacuum on the Kerr black hole space-time can be regarded as due to rigid rotation of the state with the horizon in the sense that, when the region outside the speed-of-light surface is removed by introducing a mirror, there is a state with the defining features of the Hartle-Hawking vacuum. In addition, we show that, when the field is in this state, the expectation value of the energy-momentum stress tensor measured by an observer close to the horizon and rigidly rotating with it corresponds to that of a thermal distribution at the Hawking temperature rigidly rotating with the horizon.
OSTI ID:
21035830
Journal Information:
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Journal Name: Physical Review. D, Particles Fields Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 77; ISSN PRVDAQ; ISSN 0556-2821
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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