Horizons and plane waves: A review

Journal Article · Thu Nov 06 00:00:00 EST 2003 · Modern Physics Letters A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1142/S0217732303012428· OSTI ID:964658

Hubeny, Veronika E; Rangamani, Mukund

We review the attempts to construct black hole/string solutions in asymptotically plane wave spacetimes. First, we demonstrate that geometries admitting a covariantly constant null Killing vector cannot admit event horizons, which implies that pp-waves can't describe black holes. However, relaxing the symmetry requirements allows us to generate solutions which do possess regular event horizons while retaining the requisite asymptotic properties. In particular, we present two solution generating techniques and use them to construct asymptotically plane wave black string/brane geometries.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: Physics Division
• DOE Contract Number: DE-AC02-05CH11231
• OSTI ID: 964658
• Report Number(s): LBNL-54019; MPLAEQ; TRN: US0903611
• Journal Information: Modern Physics Letters A, Related Information: Journal Publication Date: 14 Dec 2003; ISSN 0217-7323
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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BLACK HOLES
SYMMETRY
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