Abstract
We extend the recent proposal of hidden conformal symmetry to the four-dimensional spacetimes with a rotational parameter and Newman-Unti-Tamburino twist. We consider the wave equation of a massless scalar field in the background of Kerr-Bolt spacetimes and show in the “near region” that the wave equation can be reproduced by the Casimir quadratic operators. Moreover, we compute the microscopic entropy of the dual conformal field theories by the Cardy formula and find a perfect match to the entropy of Kerr-Bolt spacetimes. The absorption cross section of a near region scalar field also matches the microscopic absorption cross section of the dual conformal field theories.
- Received 20 October 2010
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.82.124051
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