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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2009 iii Paper 56 1 e Solution by
Codex 0 Created 2026-10-03 Updated 2026-10-14
In advanced coordinates, is a Killing vector field and . The normal covector to is ; raising it gives , which equals on the horizon. Thus is a null hypersurface normal to , and hence a Killing horizon.
The surface gravity is defined by on this horizon, equivalently . Here , so the radial component gives . Because ,It is positive for all finite real and ; the stationary Killing vector field retains its asymptotic normalization.
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