For the static patch of de Sitter spacetime, . With or , respectively,
Both radial blocks have determinant and smooth coefficients at . The normal has norm , so that surface is null. There has covector , or has covector , making it normal as well as tangent: it is a Killing horizon.
For the signed surface gravity of a de Sitter horizon, since , part a gives in the ingoing chart on the past branch, and in the outgoing chart on the future branch, with future-directed in the static patch. The physical magnitude is , normalized by central proper time. A negative signed must not become a negative temperature.