Distorted stationary rotating black holes

TL;DR

This paper investigates the internal structure and thermodynamics of distorted stationary rotating black holes, revealing a duality between horizons, effects of external distortions, and implications for black hole thermodynamics.

Contribution

It introduces a duality transformation between the horizons of distorted Kerr black holes and formulates thermodynamic laws for both horizons.

Findings

Duality transformation relates outer and inner horizons.

Distortions affect proper fall time between horizons.

Minimal proper time occurs at specific quadrupole and octupole moments.

Abstract

We study the interior of distorted stationary rotating black holes on the example of a Kerr black hole distorted by external static and axisymmetric mass distribution. We show that there is a duality transformation between the outer and inner horizons of the black hole, which is different from that of an electrically charged static distorted black hole. The duality transformation is directly related to the discrete symmetry of the space-time. The black hole horizons area, surface gravity, and angular momentum satisfy the Smarr formula constructed for both the horizons. We formulate the zeroth, the first, and the second laws of black hole thermodynamics for both the horizons of the black hole and show the correspondence between the local and the global forms of the first law. The Smarr formula and the laws of thermodynamics formulated for both the horizons are related by the duality transformation. The distortion is illustrated on the example of a quadrupole and octupole fields. The distortion fields noticeably affect the proper time of a free fall from the outer to the inner horizon of the black hole along the symmetry semi-axes. There is some minimal non-zero value of the quadrupole and octupole moments when the time becomes minimal. The minimal proper time indicates the closest approach of the horizons due to the distortion.