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Title: Non-abelian black holes and black strings in higher dimensions

Journal Article · · AIP Conference Proceedings
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3141235· OSTI ID:21304811
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  1. School of Engineering and Science, Jacobs University Bremen, 28759 Bremen (Germany)

We review the properties of static, higher dimensional black hole solutions in theories where non-abelian gauge fields are minimally coupled to gravity. It is shown that black holes with hyperspherically symmetric horizon topology do not exist in d>4, but that hyperspherically symmetric black holes can be constructed numerically in generalized Einstein-Yang-Mills models. 5-dimensional black strings with horizon topology S{sup 2}xS{sup 1} are also discussed. These are so-called undeformed and deformed non-abelian black strings, which are translationally invariant and correspond to 4-dimensional non-abelian black holes trivially extended into one extra dimensions. The fact that black strings can be deformed, i.e. axially symmetric for constant values of the extra coordinate is a new feature as compared to black string solutions of Einstein (-Maxwell) theory. It is argued that these non-abelian black strings are thermodynamically unstable.

OSTI ID:
21304811
Journal Information:
AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1122, Issue 1; Conference: Spanish relativity meeting 2008, Salamanca (Spain), 15-19 Sep 2008; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3141235; (c) 2009 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English