Eur. Phys. J. C (2018) 78: 550
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-018-6021-8

Regular Article - Theoretical Physics

Quasilocal first law of black hole dynamics from local Lorentz transformations

¹ Department of Physics and Astronomical Science, Central University of Himachal Pradesh, Dharamshala, 176215, India
² Theory Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, 1/AF Bidhan Nagar, Kolkata, 700064, India
³ Present address: Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar, 382355, India

^* e-mail: ayan.theory@gmail.com

Received: 7 March 2018
Accepted: 23 June 2018
Published online: 5 July 2018

Abstract

Quasilocal formulations of black hole are of immense importance since they reveal the essential and minimal assumptions required for a consistent description of black hole horizon, without relying on the asymptotic boundary conditions on fields. Using the quasilocal formulation of Isolated Horizons, we construct the Hamiltonian charges corresponding to local Lorentz transformations on a spacetime admitting isolated horizon as an internal boundary. From this construction, it arises quite generally that the area of the horizon of an isolated black hole is the Hamiltonian charge for local Lorentz boost on the horizon. Using this argument further, it is shown that, observers at a fixed proper distance , very close to the horizon, may define a notion of horizon energy given by , the surface gravity is given by , and consequently, the first law can be written in the quasilocal setting as .