In the context of the teleparallel equivalent of general relativity, we establish the Hamiltonian formulation of the unimodular theory of gravity. Here we do not carry out the usual 3+1 decomposition of the field quantities in terms of the lapse and shift functions, as in the ADM formalism. The corresponding Lagrange multiplier is the timelike component of the tetrad field. The dynamics is determined by the Hamiltonian constraint H0$'${} and a set of primary constraints. The constraints are first class and satisfy an algebra that is similar to the algebra of the Poincar\'e group.

We investigate gravitational perturbations on a regular black hole described by the Bardeen solution. Bardeen’s black hole is a solution of Einstein’s equations with no singularity at the origin of the radially symmetric system. Notwithstanding this regularity, the Bardeen solution still has event horizons dependent on its characteristic parameters. When a black hole is perturbed, it oscillates and gives rise to damped vibrational modes known as quasinormal modes. Here, we compute the quasinormal frequencies of a regular black hole to third order in the WKB approximation for gravitational perturbations.

A brief discussion is made about the relevance of surface terms in the Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formulations of theories of gravity. These surface terms play an important role in the variation of the action integral and in the definition of field quantities such as the gravitational energy-momentum. Then we point out several inconsistencies of a recently proposed formulation of teleparallel theories of gravity with local Lorentz symmetry.

The concept of gravitational pressure is naturally defined in the context of the teleparallel equivalent of general relativity. Together with the definition of gravitational energy, we investigate the thermodynamics of rotating black holes in the teleparallel framework. We obtain the value of the gravitational pressure over the external event horizon of the Kerr black hole, and write an expression for the thermodynamic relation TdS=dE+pdV, where the variations refer to the Penrose process for the Kerr black hole. We employ only the notions of gravitational energy and pressure that arise in teleparallel gravity, and do not make any consideration of the area or the variation of the area of the event horizon. However, our results are qualitatively similar to the standard expression of the literature.