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Phases of Higher Dimensional Black Holes

High Energy Physics - Theory 2008-11-26 v2

Abstract

We review some of the most striking properties of the phase diagrams of higher dimensional black holes in pure gravity. We focus on static black hole solutions with Kaluza-Klein asymptotics and stationary black hole solutions in flat Minkowski space. Both cases exhibit a rich pattern of interconnected phases and merger points with topology changing transitions. In the first case, the phase diagram includes uniform and non-uniform black strings, localized black holes and sequences of Kaluza-Klein bubbles. In the latter case, it includes Myers-Perry black holes, black rings, black saturns and pinched black holes.

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@article{arxiv.0808.2776,
  title  = {Phases of Higher Dimensional Black Holes},
  author = {Vasilis Niarchos},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0808.2776},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

21 pages, 9 figures. Invited review for Modern Physics Letters A; v2 references added

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