Constraints on the topology of higher dimensional black holes · arXivDesk
1111.5356Nov 22, 201123 pages, 9 figures; chapter of a book "Black Holes in Higher Dimensions" to be published by Cambridge University Press (editor: G. Horowitz)
Constraints on the topology of higher dimensional black holes
Although a black hole need not be spherical in higher dimensions, its event horizon cannot have arbitrary topology. Here we review some of the known constraints on horizon topology for higher dimensional black holes.