Isoperimetric inequality for higher-dimensional black holes

Daisuke Ida and Ken-ichi Nakao
Phys. Rev. D 66, 064026 – Published 30 September 2002
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Abstract

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 (S2×S1) 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 Vn2GM, where Vn2 denotes the volume of a typical closed (n-2)-section of the horizon and M is typical mass scale, rather than C(GM)1/(n2) in terms of the hoop length C, which holds only when n=3.

  • Received 3 June 2002

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.66.064026

©2002 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Daisuke Ida

  • Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan

Ken-ichi Nakao

  • Department of Physics, Osaka City University, Osaka 558-8585, Japan

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Vol. 66, Iss. 6 — 15 September 2002

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