Uniqueness of (dilatonic) charged black holes and black <span class="aps-inline-formula"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi>p</mi></math></span>-branes in higher dimensions

Gary W. Gibbons; Daisuke Ida; Tetsuya Shiromizu

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.66.044010

Uniqueness of (dilatonic) charged black holes and black $p$ -branes in higher dimensions

Gary W. Gibbons, Daisuke Ida, and Tetsuya Shiromizu

Phys. Rev. D 66, 044010 – Published 19 August 2002

Abstract

We prove the uniqueness of higher dimensional (dilatonic) charged black holes in static and asymptotically flat spacetimes for an arbitrary vector-dilaton coupling constant. An application to the uniqueness of a wide class of black p-branes is also given.

Received 19 June 2002

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.66.044010

Authors & Affiliations

Gary W. Gibbons

DAMTP, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, The University of Cambridge, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge CB3 0WA, United Kingdom

Daisuke Ida

Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan

Tetsuya Shiromizu

Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
Advanced Research Institute for Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan

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Vol. 66, Iss. 4 — 15 August 2002

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