Published August 15, 2009 | Version v1
Journal article

Magnetic and electric black holes in arbitrary dimensions

  • 1. Centre National de l'Energie, des Sciences et des Techniques Nucleaires, CNESTEN, Cellule Sciences de la Matiere, Rabat, Morocco and Groupement National de Physique des Hautes Energies, GNPHE, Siege focal: FS, Rabat (Morocco)
  • 2. Departamento de Fisica Teorica, Universidad de Zaragoza, Pedro Cerbuna, 12. E-50009 Zaragoza (Spain)

Description

In this work, we compare two different objects: electric black holes and magnetic black holes in arbitrary dimension. The comparison is made in terms of the corresponding moduli space and their extremal geometries. We treat parallelly the magnetic and the electric cases. Specifically, we discuss the gravitational solution of these spherically symmetric objects in the presence of a positive cosmological constant. Then, we find the bounded region of the moduli space allowing the existence of black holes. After identifying it in both the electric and the magnetic case, we calculate the geometry that comes out between the horizons at the coalescence points. Although the electric and magnetic cases are both very different (only dual in four dimensions), gravity solutions seem to clear up most of the differences and lead to very similar geometries.

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
80
Journal Issue
4
Journal Page Range
p. 044015-044015.9
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
41063597
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY; S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
BLACK HOLES; COALESCENCE; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; COSMOLOGICAL CONSTANT; GRAVITATION; GRAVITATIONAL WAVES; MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS; SPACE; SYMMETRY
Descriptors DEC
EVALUATION; SIMULATION

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