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The Kerr/CFT Correspondence

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Quantum gravity in the region very near the horizon of an extreme Kerr black hole (whose angular momentum and mass are related by J=GM^2) is considered. It is shown that consistent boundary conditions exist, for which the asymptotic symmetry generators form one copy of the Virasoro algebra with central charge c_L=12J / \hbar. This implies that the near-horizon quantum states can be identified with those of (a chiral half of) a two-dimensional conformal field theory (CFT). Moreover, in the extreme limit, the Frolov-Thorne vacuum state reduces to a thermal density matrix with dimensionless temperature T_L=1/2\pi and conjugate energy given by the zero mode generator, L_0, of the Virasoro algebra. Assuming unitarity, the Cardy formula then gives a microscopic entropy S_{micro}=2\pi J / \hbar for the CFT, which reproduces the macroscopic Bekenstein-Hawking entropy S_{macro}=Area / 4\hbar G. The results apply to any consistent unitary quantum theory of gravity with a Kerr solution. We accordingly conjecture that extreme Kerr black holes are holographically dual to a chiral two-dimensional conformal field theory with central charge c_L=12J / \hbar, and in particular that the near-extreme black hole GRS 1915+105 is approximately dual to a CFT with c_L \sim 2 \times 10^{79}.

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QFT in Klein space

hep-th · 2025-05-22 · unverdicted · novelty 6.0

Authors construct canonical and path-integral quantizations for QFT in Klein space using extra modes, deriving correlation functions that match Minkowski space via analytical continuation.

The Cardy Formula from Goldstone Bosons

hep-th · 2019-07-18 · unverdicted · novelty 6.0

Derives the Cardy formula for 2D CFTs from the Schwarzian action of pseudo Goldstone bosons under anomalous conformal symmetry breaking, without modular invariance.

Modular quantization and black holes

hep-th · 2026-06-10 · unverdicted · novelty 5.0

Modular quantization of a single holographic CFT reproduces exact Hartle-Hawking correlators of smooth BTZ black holes in the semiclassical limit while yielding non-smooth stretched-horizon descriptions at finite GN.

Probing decoupled Throats of AdS$_{D}$ Black Holes in $D=6,7$

hep-th · 2025-11-19 · unverdicted · novelty 5.0

Near-EVH limits of AdS6 and AdS7 black holes produce conformally related lower-dimensional black hole solutions in EMMD gravity, opening a potential path to microscopic entropy counting for non-AdS black holes via higher-dimensional AdS/CFT.

Quantum-statistical constraints on Kerr-anti-de Sitter thermodynamics

gr-qc · 2026-05-15 · unverdicted · novelty 4.0

Quantum-statistical constraints restrict the infinite family of KadS thermodynamic descriptions to a subclass that reduces to Schwarzschild-AdS and Kerr cases in appropriate limits, with uniqueness for co-rotating and volume-coincident descriptions.

Black hole chemistry: thermodynamics with Lambda

hep-th · 2016-08-22 · accept · novelty 3.0

Treating the cosmological constant as pressure in black hole thermodynamics yields an extended dictionary with enthalpy, thermodynamic volume, and chemical-like phase transitions including Van der Waals behavior, reentrant transitions, and triple points.

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  • Static electromagnetic Love tensors of 5-dimensional Myers-Perry black holes hep-th · 2026-05-16 · unverdicted · none · ref 44 · internal anchor

    Derives exact hypergeometric solutions for static perturbations of 5D Myers-Perry black holes and iteratively computes electromagnetic Love tensors showing lower-to-higher angular momentum mode mixing in the response.

  • An Exact Single-Rotating Near-Horizon Geometry in Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet Gravity gr-qc · 2026-05-14 · unverdicted · none · ref 16 · internal anchor

    Presents the first analytic singly rotating near-horizon solution in 5D Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet gravity with finite curvature invariants for limited rotation.

  • Correspondence between quasinormal modes and grey-body factors of Schwarzschild--Tangherlini black holes gr-qc · 2026-01-26 · unverdicted · none · ref 15 · internal anchor

    Quasinormal modes correspond well to grey-body factors for vector and tensor perturbations of Schwarzschild-Tangherlini black holes in all dimensions, but fail for scalar l=2 modes in D≥7 because of multiple potential barriers.

  • Explorations of Universality in the Entropy and Hawking Radiation of Non-Extremal Kerr AdS$_4$ Black Holes hep-th · 2025-08-07 · unverdicted · none · ref 31 · internal anchor

    Multiple microscopic methods confirm universality of AdS4 black hole entropy for non-extremal cases at high temperatures and show Hawking radiation rate proportional to horizon area.

  • QFT in Klein space hep-th · 2025-05-22 · unverdicted · none · ref 13 · internal anchor

    Authors construct canonical and path-integral quantizations for QFT in Klein space using extra modes, deriving correlation functions that match Minkowski space via analytical continuation.

  • The Cardy Formula from Goldstone Bosons hep-th · 2019-07-18 · unverdicted · none · ref 3 · internal anchor

    Derives the Cardy formula for 2D CFTs from the Schwarzian action of pseudo Goldstone bosons under anomalous conformal symmetry breaking, without modular invariance.

  • Modular quantization and black holes hep-th · 2026-06-10 · unverdicted · none · ref 152 · internal anchor

    Modular quantization of a single holographic CFT reproduces exact Hartle-Hawking correlators of smooth BTZ black holes in the semiclassical limit while yielding non-smooth stretched-horizon descriptions at finite GN.

  • Probing decoupled Throats of AdS$_{D}$ Black Holes in $D=6,7$ hep-th · 2025-11-19 · unverdicted · none · ref 6 · internal anchor

    Near-EVH limits of AdS6 and AdS7 black holes produce conformally related lower-dimensional black hole solutions in EMMD gravity, opening a potential path to microscopic entropy counting for non-AdS black holes via higher-dimensional AdS/CFT.

  • Revisiting near-extremal and near-BPS black holes in AdS3 supergravity hep-th · 2026-04-27 · unverdicted · none · ref 21

    Quantum analysis of AdS3 supergravity path integrals at low temperature shows near-horizon region inequivalent to BTZ and sharpens near-extremal versus near-BPS distinctions.

  • Quantum-statistical constraints on Kerr-anti-de Sitter thermodynamics gr-qc · 2026-05-15 · unverdicted · none · ref 4 · internal anchor

    Quantum-statistical constraints restrict the infinite family of KadS thermodynamic descriptions to a subclass that reduces to Schwarzschild-AdS and Kerr cases in appropriate limits, with uniqueness for co-rotating and volume-coincident descriptions.