Black Holes in Higher Dimensions by Gary T. Horowitz - 9781107013452

Black Holes in Higher DimensionsAuthor(s): Gary T. Horowitz\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781107013452, 978-1107013452\nSynopsis\nBlack holes are one of the most remarkable predictions of Einstein's general relativity. In recent years, ideas in brane-world cosmology, string theory and gauge/gravity duality have motivated studies of black holes in more than four dimensions, with surprising results. In higher dimensions, black holes exist with exotic shapes and unusual dynamics. Edited by leading expert Gary Horowitz, this exciting book is the first devoted to this new field. The major discoveries are explained by the people who made them: Rob Myers describes the MyersPerry solutions that represent rotating black holes in higher dimensions; Ruth Gregory describes the GregoryLaflamme instability of black strings; and Juan Maldacena introduces gauge/gravity duality, the remarkable correspondence th.