Liquid bridges and black strings in higher dimensions

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETB.2008.05.010zbMATH Open1328.83181arXiv0803.3037OpenAlexW2048024513WikidataQ57636768 ScholiaQ57636768MaRDI QIDQ901692FDOQ901692

Kei-Ichi Maeda, Umpei Miyamoto

Publication date: 12 January 2016

Published in: Physics Letters B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Analyzing a capillary minimizing problem for a higher-dimensional extended fluid, we find that there exist startling similarities between the black hole-black string system (the Gregory-Laflamme instability) and the liquid drop-liquid bridge system (the Rayleigh-Plateau instability), which were first suggested by a perturbative approach. In the extended fluid system, we confirm the existence of the critical dimension above which the non-uniform bridge (NUB, i.e., {it Delaunay unduloid}) serves as the global minimizer of surface area. We also find a variety of phase structures (one or two cusps in the volume-area phase diagram) near the critical dimension. Applying a catastrophe theory, we predict that in the 9 dimensional (9D) space and below, we have the first order transition from a uniform bridge (UB) to a spherical drop (SD), while in the 10D space and above, we expect the transition such that UB $o$ NUB $o$ SD. This gives an important indication for a transition in the black hole-black string system.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0803.3037

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Black holes (83C57) Kaluza-Klein and other higher-dimensional theories (83E15) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30)

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