Higher-dimensional black holes in compactified space-times

R. C. Myers
Phys. Rev. D 35, 455 – Published 15 January 1987
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Abstract

The Majumdar-Papapetrou solutions of the Einstein-Maxwell equations are generalized to asymptotically flat (N+1)-dimensional space-times. These new solutions are then used to construct black-hole solutions in which the extra dimensions are compactified on a torus. Conjectures about similar constructions for the vacuum Einstein equations are also discussed.

  • Received 26 September 1986

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.35.455

©1987 American Physical Society

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R. C. Myers

  • Joseph Henry Laboratories, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544

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Vol. 35, Iss. 2 — 15 January 1987

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