%0 Journal Article %1 citeulike:4017254 %A Emparan, Roberto %A Harmark, Troels %A Niarchos, Vasilis %A Obers, Niels A. %D 2009 %K black-holes blackfolds %T Blackfolds %U http://arxiv.org/abs/0902.0427 %X We argue that the main feature behind novel properties of higher-dimensional black holes, compared to four-dimensional ones, is that their horizons can have two characteristic lengths of very different size. We develop a long-distance worldvolume effective theory that captures the black hole dynamics at scales much larger than the short scale. In this limit the black hole is regarded as a blackfold: a black brane (possibly boosted locally) whose worldvolume spans a curved submanifold of the spacetime. This approach reveals black objects with novel horizon geometries and topologies more complex than the black ring, but more generally it provides a new organizing framework for the dynamics of higher-dimensional black holes.

@article{citeulike:4017254, abstract = {We argue that the main feature behind novel properties of higher-dimensional black holes, compared to four-dimensional ones, is that their horizons can have two characteristic lengths of very different size. We develop a long-distance worldvolume effective theory that captures the black hole dynamics at scales much larger than the short scale. In this limit the black hole is regarded as a blackfold: a black brane (possibly boosted locally) whose worldvolume spans a curved submanifold of the spacetime. This approach reveals black objects with novel horizon geometries and topologies more complex than the black ring, but more generally it provides a new organizing framework for the dynamics of higher-dimensional black holes.}, added-at = {2009-02-18T14:54:47.000+0100}, author = {Emparan, Roberto and Harmark, Troels and Niarchos, Vasilis and Obers, Niels A.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2f7e5ffca8ed759ce2dc5273ebfcb8341/janpaniev}, citeulike-article-id = {4017254}, eprint = {0902.0427}, interhash = {eb7def2a5fb215b4136055e10ed57460}, intrahash = {f7e5ffca8ed759ce2dc5273ebfcb8341}, keywords = {black-holes blackfolds}, month = Feb, posted-at = {2009-02-06 19:01:49}, priority = {0}, timestamp = {2009-02-18T14:58:09.000+0100}, title = {Blackfolds}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/0902.0427}, year = 2009 }