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Online ISSN : 2423-8872
Print ISSN : 0029-0181
ISSN-L : 0029-0181
Understanding Higher-Dimensional Black Holes via Fluid Mechanics(Current Topics)
Umpei Miyamoto
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2011 Volume 66 Issue 8 Pages 610-614

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Higher-dimensional black holes have rather richer properties than four-dimensional ones. For instance, the event horizon of higher-dimensional black hole can be a sphere, a cylinder, a torus and so on, and even "phase transitions" among various black objects can happen. A new paradigm called the Fluid/Gravity Correspondence is expected to make it possible to understand the dynamics of such non-linear phenomena. In this article, I describe the essence of the Correspondence, while reviewing basics of General Relativity and Fluid Mechanics.

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