Published February 15, 2008
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Journal article
Are there four-dimensional small black rings?
Creators
- 1. Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106-4030 (United States)
- 2. Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Amsterdam, Valckenierstraat 65, 1018 XE Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Description
In d>4 dimensions, one can argue for the existence of small black rings using a scaling argument. We apply the same scaling argument to the d=4 case and demonstrate that it fails to say anything about the existence of d=4 small black rings, because stringy corrections get out of control. General relativity theorems say that there does not exist a black hole with toroidal topology for d=4, but we interpret this as saying that, for d=4 small black rings, stringy corrections are crucial which invalidate the assumptions those theorems are based on
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1103/PhysRevD.77.044044;
- arXiv
- arXiv:0710.4139v2;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
- Journal Volume
- 77
- Journal Issue
- 4
- Journal Page Range
- p. 044044-044044.6
- ISSN
- 0556-2821
- CODEN
- PRVDAQ
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 39059164
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- BLACK HOLES; CORRECTIONS; COSMOLOGY; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; GENERAL RELATIVITY THEORY; SCALING LAWS; TOPOLOGY
- Descriptors DEC
- FIELD THEORIES; MATHEMATICS; RELATIVITY THEORY
Optional Information
- Notes
- (c) 2008 The American Physical Society