Constraints on the topology of higher dimensional black holes
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2011-11-24 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
Although a black hole need not be spherical in higher dimensions, its event horizon cannot have arbitrary topology. Here we review some of the known constraints on horizon topology for higher dimensional black holes.
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@article{arxiv.1111.5356,
title = {Constraints on the topology of higher dimensional black holes},
author = {Gregory J. Galloway},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1111.5356},
year = {2011}
}
Comments
23 pages, 9 figures; chapter of a book "Black Holes in Higher Dimensions" to be published by Cambridge University Press (editor: G. Horowitz)