The first law of black hole mechanics in the Einstein-Maxwell theory revisited

Abstract We re-derive the first law of black hole mechanics in the context of the Einstein-Maxwell theory in a gauge-invariant way introducing “momentum maps” associated to field strengths and the vectors that generate their symmetries. These objects play the role of generalized thermodynamical pote...

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Main Authors: Zachary Elgood, Patrick Meessen, Tomás Ortín
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-09-01
Series:Journal of High Energy Physics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/JHEP09(2020)026