Thermodynamics of Kerr Effective Black Hole Geometries

TL;DR

This paper investigates the thermodynamic properties of Kerr effective geometries, which are non-asymptotically flat spacetimes that reveal hidden symmetries of Kerr black holes through gravitational perturbations, showing consistent entropy but different charges.

Contribution

It introduces and analyzes Kerr effective geometries, deriving their mass, angular momentum, and charges, and demonstrates the validity of black hole thermodynamics laws in this new setting.

Findings

Entropy remains the same as Kerr black holes.

Asymptotic charges differ from standard Kerr black holes.

First law and Smarr law are satisfied in the new framework.

Abstract

We uncover the thermodynamical properties of a class of non-asymptotically flat geometries, referred here as the Kerr effective geometries, that realize the hidden symmetries of Kerr black hole spacetimes via Teukolsky's equation in the theory of linear gravitational perturbations. While the thermodynamic properties, such as entropy, remain the same as those of Kerr black holes, the asymptotic charges, as we will demonstrate, are different. In this new framework with the ambient flat asymptotic boundary removed, we derive the mass and angular momentum of the Kerr effective geometries using the regulated Komar integral and the Brown-York prescription. We also obtain explicit expressions for the corresponding gauge potentials and electric charges. By deriving the asymptotic charges, we demonstrate that both the first law of black hole mechanics and the Smarr law hold.