Eur. Phys. J. C (2017) 77:90
DOI 10.1140/epjc/s10052-017-4663-6
Regular Article - Theoretical Physics
Analytic rotating black-hole solutions in N-dimensional f (T)
gravity
G. G. L. Nashed
1,2,3,a
, W. El Hanafy
1,3,b
1
Centre for Theoretical Physics, The British University in Egypt, P.O. Box 43, 11837 Cairo, Egypt
2
Faculty of Science, Mathematics Department, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
3
Egyptian Relativity Group (ERG), Cairo, Egypt
Received: 31 October 2016 / Accepted: 31 January 2017 / Published online: 11 February 2017
© The Author(s) 2017. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com
Abstract A non-diagonal vielbein ansatz is applied to the
N -dimension field equations of f (T ) gravity. An analyti-
cal vacuum solution is derived for the quadratic polynomial
f (T ) = T + T
2
and an inverse relation between the cou-
pling constant and the cosmological constant . Since the
induced metric has off-diagonal components, it cannot be
removed by a mere coordinate transformation, the solution
has a rotating parameter. The curvature and torsion scalars
invariants are calculated to study the singularities and hori-
zons of the solution. In contrast to general relativity, the
Cauchy horizon differs from the horizon which shows the
effect of the higher order torsion. The general expression of
the energy-momentum vector of f (T ) gravity is used to cal-
culate the energy of the system. Finally, we have shown that
this kind of solution satisfies the first law of thermodynamics
in the framework of f (T ) gravitational theories.
1 Introduction
General relativity is constructed in Riemann geometry, which
reduces to Minkowski spacetime in the absence of a gravita-
tional field. In the Riemannian geometry, the differentiable
manifold is described by a metric tensor which measures the
distances between different space points. However, gravita-
tion in this theory is a manifestation of the curvature of the
spacetime, where the Riemann Christoffel tensor is respon-
sible for this curvature. All quantities in this manifold can
be defined in terms of the metric tensor [1]. At present time,
to extend GR to include torsion is considered as an urgent
issue because many questions depend on whether the space-
time connection is symmetric or not. General relativity is an
orthodox theory that does not allow quantum effects. How-
a
e-mail: nashed@bue.edu.eg
b
e-mail: waleed.elhanafy@bue.edu.eg
ever, these effects should be taken into account in any theory
that accompanies gravity. Changing geometry from V
4
(4-
dimensional Riemannian manifolds) to U
4
(4-dimensional
Weitzenböck manifolds) is considered as a first direct exten-
sion that attempts to incorporate the spin fields of matter
into the same geometrical scheme of GR. As an example
of this, we have the mass-energy in which curvature is the
source of gravity, while the spin of torsion. Einstein–Cartan–
Sciama–Kibble theory is considered as one of the most sig-
nificant trails in this direction. Nevertheless, the task of spin-
matter fields does not explain the function of the torsion ten-
sor that seems to play important tasks in any fundamental
theory.
The accelerated expansion of our Universe is confirmed
by many separated cosmological experiments [3–21]. This
expansion can be explained in GR by taking into account the
dark energy component in the total energy of our Universe.
It is widely accepted, without real justifications, to interpret
these components by inserting a cosmological constant
into Einstein’s field equation which is called CDM model
[2]. Also, this model can be extended by adding a speculated
dynamical fluid with a negative pressure, e.g. quintessence
fluid. Therefore, we can consider the accelerated expansion
of our Universe as an indicator of the failure of our informa-
tion to the principles of gravitational field, and thus a modifi-
cation of GR is necessary. This modification can be done by
making the action a function of the curvature scalar R, i.e.,
f (R) [22–24].
Using a different processor we can set up another method
and use the Weitzenböck connection, which includes torsion
as an alternative to curvature. This process was suggested by
Einstein who called it a “teleparallel equivalent of general
relativity” (TEGR) [1,25–30]. This theory, TEGR, is closely
related to GR and differs only by a total derivative term in
the action. The dynamical objects in such geometry are the
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