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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2023 iii Paper 311 1 d Solution by
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The normal to a surface of constant is , and the inverse ingoing metric givesHence is a null hypersurface. LetThis constant linear combination of Killing vector fields is Killing. Its squared norm iswhich vanishes at . More strongly, lowering its index in the ingoing metric gives on the horizon. It is therefore the null normal and generator, so the surface is a Killing horizon.
Using on a Killing horizon, the squared term contributes no first derivative at andDifferentiating at its simple outer root givesso the surface gravity isIt vanishes in the extremal case .
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