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Isolated and dynamical horizons and their applications

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Over the past three decades, black holes have played an important role in quantum gravity, mathematical physics, numerical relativity and gravitational wave phenomenology. However, conceptual settings and mathematical models used to discuss them have varied considerably from one area to another. Over the last five years a new, quasi-local framework was introduced to analyze diverse facets of black holes in a unified manner. In this framework, evolving black holes are modeled by dynamical horizons and black holes in equilibrium by isolated horizons. We review basic properties of these horizons and summarize applications to mathematical physics, numerical relativity and quantum gravity. This paradigm has led to significant generalizations of several results in black hole physics. Specifically, it has introduced a more physical setting for black hole thermodynamics and for black hole entropy calculations in quantum gravity; suggested a phenomenological model for hairy black holes; provided novel techniques to extract physics from numerical simulations; and led to new laws governing the dynamics of black holes in exact general relativity.

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All $2D$ generalised dilaton theories from $d\geq 4$ gravities

hep-th · 2026-03-06 · conditional · novelty 7.0

Generic 2D Horndeski theories arise from dimensional reduction of d≥4 gravities, yielding a Birkhoff theorem for quasi-topological gravities where static spherically symmetric solutions satisfy g_tt g_rr = -1 and are determined algebraically.

Horizon Multipole Moments of a Kerr Black Hole

gr-qc · 2026-02-05 · unverdicted · novelty 7.0

Horizon multipole moments of a Kerr black hole are computed in closed form from two definitions, yielding different values for l >= 1 at nonzero spin and sharing parity and small-spin scaling with field multipoles.

Cusp Formation in Merging Black Hole Horizons

gr-qc · 2026-05-11 · unverdicted · novelty 6.0 · 2 refs

Numerical study of cusp formation on horizons in head-on non-spinning black hole mergers, with analysis of mass and multipole behavior at the cusp and a proposed phenomenological model.

Hawking radiation from black holes in 2+1 dimensions

gr-qc · 2026-04-23 · unverdicted · novelty 6.0 · 2 refs

Black hole horizons in 2+1D are composed of quantized length quanta 8π ℓ_P n, producing entropy near the Bekenstein-Hawking value and a local Hawking spectrum via a length ensemble.

Magnetized dynamical black holes

gr-qc · 2026-01-13 · unverdicted · novelty 6.0

A novel exact solution describes a dynamical black hole dressed with a time-dependent scalar field and immersed in an axisymmetric time-dependent electromagnetic field, where time dependence may cloak curvature singularities.

Radiating black holes in general relativity need not be singular

gr-qc · 2025-10-23 · conditional · novelty 6.0

A spherically symmetric charged black hole evaporating via Hawking radiation can remain regular, with neither a singularity nor a Cauchy horizon, due to electromagnetic repulsion and energy-condition violation.

Homothetic Killing horizons in generic Vaidya spacetimes

gr-qc · 2026-04-10 · unverdicted · novelty 6.0

Generic Vaidya spacetimes with linear time-dependent mass, charge or rotation admit unique homothetic Killing vectors, allowing conformal mapping to stationary metrics and thermodynamic analysis of homothetic Killing horizons.

Entanglement Entropy and Thermodynamics of Dynamical Black Holes

hep-th · 2025-09-06 · unverdicted · novelty 5.0

In f(R) theories, the replica-method gravitational entropy computed on the apparent horizon matches the Hollands-Wald-Zhang dynamical black hole entropy and satisfies the first law, while the event horizon does not; this lets the generalized second law be reinterpreted as matter entanglement across

Dynamical Black Hole Thermodynamics in Modified Gravity

gr-qc · 2026-04-03 · unverdicted · novelty 5.0

In modified gravity, dynamical Schwarzschild black holes under scalar waves exhibit non-thermal particle creation while preserving the generalized second law and forming stable zero-temperature remnants at the extremal bound.

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  • All $2D$ generalised dilaton theories from $d\geq 4$ gravities hep-th · 2026-03-06 · conditional · none · ref 43 · internal anchor

    Generic 2D Horndeski theories arise from dimensional reduction of d≥4 gravities, yielding a Birkhoff theorem for quasi-topological gravities where static spherically symmetric solutions satisfy g_tt g_rr = -1 and are determined algebraically.

  • Horizon Multipole Moments of a Kerr Black Hole gr-qc · 2026-02-05 · unverdicted · none · ref 65 · internal anchor

    Horizon multipole moments of a Kerr black hole are computed in closed form from two definitions, yielding different values for l >= 1 at nonzero spin and sharing parity and small-spin scaling with field multipoles.

  • Towards black-hole horizons and geodesic focusing in causal sets gr-qc · 2026-05-07 · unverdicted · none · ref 75

    Causal sets can approximate black hole horizons via discrete timelike curves and ladders tracing null geodesics, with a discrete expansion changing sign across the horizon in a 1+1D toy model.

  • Trapping, Irregular Waveforms, and Efficient Radiation in Ultra-relativistic Black Hole Encounters gr-qc · 2026-04-29 · unverdicted · none · ref 56

    Ultra-relativistic black hole flybys can radiate over 65% of their energy in gravitational waves via irregular waveforms caused by radiation trapping and lensing, without coalescence.

  • Thermodynamics of dynamical black holes beyond perturbation theory gr-qc · 2026-03-31 · accept · none · ref 27

    The authors derive non-perturbative first and second laws for dynamical black holes, identifying entropy with the area of local marginally trapped surfaces rather than the global event horizon.

  • Quantum Field Theory of Black Hole Perturbations with Backreaction VI. Apparent Horizons, Quasi-Local Mass and Effective Classical Metrics gr-qc · 2026-05-13 · unverdicted · none · ref 11 · internal anchor

    The apparent horizon shape is derived to second order for perturbed evaporating black holes, and an effective classical metric is obtained from quantum expectation values of the reconstructed spacetime.

  • Cusp Formation in Merging Black Hole Horizons gr-qc · 2026-05-11 · unverdicted · none · ref 29 · 2 links · internal anchor

    Numerical study of cusp formation on horizons in head-on non-spinning black hole mergers, with analysis of mass and multipole behavior at the cusp and a proposed phenomenological model.

  • Hawking radiation from black holes in 2+1 dimensions gr-qc · 2026-04-23 · unverdicted · none · ref 21 · 2 links · internal anchor

    Black hole horizons in 2+1D are composed of quantized length quanta 8π ℓ_P n, producing entropy near the Bekenstein-Hawking value and a local Hawking spectrum via a length ensemble.

  • Magnetized dynamical black holes gr-qc · 2026-01-13 · unverdicted · none · ref 65 · internal anchor

    A novel exact solution describes a dynamical black hole dressed with a time-dependent scalar field and immersed in an axisymmetric time-dependent electromagnetic field, where time dependence may cloak curvature singularities.

  • Radiating black holes in general relativity need not be singular gr-qc · 2025-10-23 · conditional · none · ref 16 · internal anchor

    A spherically symmetric charged black hole evaporating via Hawking radiation can remain regular, with neither a singularity nor a Cauchy horizon, due to electromagnetic repulsion and energy-condition violation.

  • Post-adiabatic self-force waveforms: slowly spinning primary and precessing secondary gr-qc · 2025-10-17 · unverdicted · none · ref 102 · internal anchor

    Extended 1PA self-force waveforms for slowly spinning primary and precessing secondary, with re-summed 1PAT1R variant showing improved accuracy against NR for q ≳ 5 and |χ1| ≲ 0.1.

  • Homothetic Killing horizons in generic Vaidya spacetimes gr-qc · 2026-04-10 · unverdicted · none · ref 13

    Generic Vaidya spacetimes with linear time-dependent mass, charge or rotation admit unique homothetic Killing vectors, allowing conformal mapping to stationary metrics and thermodynamic analysis of homothetic Killing horizons.

  • Entanglement Entropy and Thermodynamics of Dynamical Black Holes hep-th · 2025-09-06 · unverdicted · none · ref 58 · internal anchor

    In f(R) theories, the replica-method gravitational entropy computed on the apparent horizon matches the Hollands-Wald-Zhang dynamical black hole entropy and satisfies the first law, while the event horizon does not; this lets the generalized second law be reinterpreted as matter entanglement across

  • Parameter Estimation with Targeted Eccentric Numerical-Relativity Simulations for GW200208_22 and GW190620 gr-qc · 2025-07-30 · unverdicted · none · ref 67 · internal anchor

    Bayesian parameter estimation with targeted eccentric numerical-relativity waveforms yields eccentricity estimates of e20 ≈ 0.2 for GW200208_22 and e10 ≈ 0.19 for GW190620, reinforcing the eccentric hypothesis.

  • Dynamical Black Hole Thermodynamics in Modified Gravity gr-qc · 2026-04-03 · unverdicted · none · ref 13

    In modified gravity, dynamical Schwarzschild black holes under scalar waves exhibit non-thermal particle creation while preserving the generalized second law and forming stable zero-temperature remnants at the extremal bound.