Rigidity of the extremal Kerr-Newman horizon
- đ¤ Speaker: Alex Colling (University of Cambridge)
- đ Date & Time: Wednesday 18 September 2024, 11:30 - 12:30
- đ Venue: Seminar Room 2, Newton Institute
Abstract
The Einstein equations for a spacetime containing an extremal horizon induce a set of equations determined completely by quantities intrinsic to a compact cross-section of the horizon. Significant progress on classifying solutions to these equations was recently made by Dunajski and Lucietti, who showed that any non-static vacuum solution must admit a Killing vector field. I will present joint work with David Katona and James Lucietti extending the Dunajski-Lucietti proof to four-dimensional Einstein-Maxwell theory. It follows that any non-trivial cross-section in this theory is given by the extremal Kerr-Newman family. I will also discuss the wider class of quasi-Einstein equations and rule out non-trivial solutions on compact surfaces of non-zero genus.
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Alex Colling (University of Cambridge)
Wednesday 18 September 2024, 11:30-12:30