Constraints on the topology of higher dimensional black holes

2011/11/22 by Gregory J. Galloway, Galloway, Gregory J.
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc) #High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th) #gr-qc #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1111.5356

23 pages, 9 figures; chapter of a book "Black Holes in Higher Dimensions" to be published by Cambridge University Press (editor: G. Horowitz)

arxiv created 2011/11/22 · arxiv updated 2011/11/24

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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