Published September 15, 2002 | Version v1
Journal article

Isoperimetric inequality for higher-dimensional black holes

  • 1. Department of Physics, Osaka City University, Osaka 558-8585 (Japan)
  • 2. Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo 152-8550 (Japan)

Description

The initial data sets for the five-dimensional Einstein equation have been examined. The system is designed such that the black hole (≅S3) or the black ring (≅S2xS1) can be found. We have found that the typical length of the horizon can become arbitrarily large but the area of characteristic closed two-dimensional submanifold of the horizon is bounded above by the typical mass scale. We conjecture that the isoperimetric inequality for black holes in n-dimensional space is given by Vn-2 < or approx. GM, where Vn-2 denotes the volume of a typical closed (n-2)-section of the horizon and M is typical mass scale, rather than C < or approx. (GM)1/(n-2) in terms of the hoop length C, which holds only when n=3

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
66
Journal Issue
6
Journal Page Range
p. 064026-064026.8
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
35069898
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
BLACK HOLES; EINSTEIN FIELD EQUATIONS; LENGTH; MANY-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; MASS; SPACE
Descriptors DEC
DIMENSIONS; EQUATIONS; FIELD EQUATIONS

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