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Black ringoids: spinning balanced black objects in $d\geq 5$ dimensions -- the codimension-two case

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2015-06-23 v3 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We propose a general framework for the study of asymptotically flat black objects with k+1k+1 equal magnitude angular momenta in d5d\geq 5 spacetime dimensions (with 0k[d52]0\leq k\leq \big[\frac{d-5}{2} \big]). In this approach, the dependence on all angular coordinates but one is factorized, which leads to a codimension-two problem. This framework can describe black holes with spherical horizon topology, the simplest solutions corresponding to a class of Myers-Perry black holes. A different set of solutions describes balanced black objects with Sn+1×S2k+1S^{n+1} \times S^{2k+1} horizon topology. The simplest members of this family are the black rings (k=0)(k=0). The solutions with k>0k>0 are dubbed black ringoidsblack~ringoids. Based on the nonperturbative numerical results found for several values of (n,k)(n,k), we propose a general picture for the properties and the phase diagram of these solutions and the associated black holes with spherical horizon topology: n=1n=1 black ringoids repeat the k=0k=0 pattern of black rings and Myers-Perry black holes in 5 dimensions, whereas n>1n>1 black ringoids follow the pattern of higher dimensional black rings associated with `pinched' black holes and Myers-Perry black holes.

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@article{arxiv.1410.0581,
  title  = {Black ringoids: spinning balanced black objects in $d\geq 5$ dimensions -- the codimension-two case},
  author = {Burkhard Kleihaus and Jutta Kunz and Eugen Radu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1410.0581},
  year   = {2015}
}

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51 pages, 16 figures

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