4-dimensional black holes from Kaluza-Klein theories (Q1113121)

In this paper generalizations in 4 dimensions of the Einstein-Maxwell equations are considered which typically arise from Kaluza-Klein theories. Conditions are given such that stationary solutions lead to nonlinear \(\sigma\)-models for symmetric spaces. Using both this group theoretic structure and some properties of harmonic maps many of the known existence and uniqueness theorems for black holes in Einstein- Maxwell theory are generalized to this more general setting.