Schr\"odinger symmetry of Schwarzschild-(A)dS black hole mechanics

Abstract

We show that the dynamics of Schwarzschild-(A)dS black holes admits a symmetry under the 2d Schr\"odinger group, whatever the sign or value of the cosmological constant. This is achieved by reformulating the spherically-symmetric reduction of general relativity as a 2d mechanical system with a non-trivial potential controlled by the cosmological constant, and explicitly identifying the conserved charges for black hole mechanics. We expect the Schr\"odinger symmetry to drive the dynamics of quantum Schwarzschild-(A)dS black holes. This suggests that Schr\"odinger-preserving non-linear deformations (of the Gross-Piteavskii type) should capture universal quantum gravity corrections to the black hole geometry. Such scenario could be realized in condensed matter analogue models.