Equilibrium configurations of fluids and their stability in higher dimensions

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DOI10.1088/0264-9381/23/24/001zbMATH Open1117.83059arXivhep-th/0610004OpenAlexW2094257687WikidataQ63412751 ScholiaQ63412751MaRDI QIDQ3418997FDOQ3418997


Authors: Vitor Cardoso, Leonardo Gualtieri Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 5 February 2007

Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study equilibrium shapes, stability and possible bifurcation diagrams of fluids in higher dimensions, held together by either surface tension or self-gravity. We consider the equilibrium shape and stability problem of self-gravitating spheroids, establishing the formalism to generalize the MacLaurin sequence to higher dimensions. We show that such simple models, of interest on their own, also provide accurate descriptions of their general relativistic relatives with event horizons. The examples worked out here hint at some model-independent dynamics, and thus at some universality: smooth objects seem always to be well described by both ``replicas (either self-gravity or surface tension). As an example, we exhibit an instability afflicting self-gravitating (Newtonian) fluid cylinders. This instability is the exact analogue, within Newtonian gravity, of the Gregory-Laflamme instability in general relativity. Another example considered is a self-gravitating Newtonian torus made of a homogeneous incompressible fluid. We recover the features of the black ring in general relativity.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0610004




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