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GR: Fachverband Gravitation und Relativitätstheorie

GR 14: Hauptvorträge Schwarze Löcher II

GR 14.1: Invited Talk

Thursday, March 1, 2012, 14:00–14:45, ZHG 002

Black Holes in Higher Dimensions — •Eugen Radu — Institut für Physik, Oldenburg University, Germany

We review recent progress in understanding black hole solutions of higher-dimensional vacuum gravity. The properties of these solutions can differ significantly from those of black holes in four dimensions, since neither the uniqueness theorem, nor the staticity theorem or the topological censorship theorem generalize to higher dimensions. General results and open problems are discussed throughout. Special attention is paid to solutions with non-spherical event horizon topologies. The properties of the recently discovered non-perturbative black ring solutions in more than five dimensions are also discussed.