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Can a stationary Bianchi black brane have momentum along the direction with no translational symmetry?
Bianchi black branes (black brane solutions with homogeneous but anisotropic
horizons classified by the Bianchi type) provide a simple holographic setting
with lattice structures taken into account. In the case of holographic
superconductor, we have a persistent current with lattices. Accordingly, we
expect that in the dual gravity side, a black brane should carry some momentum
along a direction of lattice structure, where translational invariance is
broken. Motivated by this expectation, we consider whether---and if possible,
in what circumstances---a Bianchi black brane can have momentum along a
direction of no-translational invariance. First, we show that this {\it cannot}
be the case for a certain class of stationary Bianchi black brane solutions in
the Einstein-Maxwell-dilation theory. Then we also show that this {\it can} be
the case for some Bianchi VII black branes by numerically constructing such
a solution in the Einstein-Maxwell theory with an additional vector field
having a source term. The horizon of this solution admits a translational
invariance on the horizon and conveys momentum (and is "rotating" when
compactified). However this translational invariance is broken just outside the
horizon. This indicates the existence of a black brane solution which is
regular but non-analytic at the horizon, thereby evading the black hole
rigidity theorem.Comment: 24 pages, 8 figures. v2: section 4 clarified, one more numerical
solution adde
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