Are there four-dimensional small black rings?

Norihiro Iizuka and Masaki Shigemori
Phys. Rev. D 77, 044044 – Published 27 February 2008

Abstract

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.

  • Received 26 November 2007

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.77.044044

©2008 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Norihiro Iizuka1,* and Masaki Shigemori2,†

  • 1Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106-4030, USA
  • 2Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Amsterdam, Valckenierstraat 65, 1018 XE Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  • *iizuka@kitp.ucsb.edu
  • mshigemo@science.uva.nl

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Vol. 77, Iss. 4 — 15 February 2008

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