Abstract:
We review recent work showing that there exists a large class of new stable black strings which are not translationally invariant. Both neutral and charged black strings are considered. The discussion includes known properties of these new solutions, attempts to find them explicitly, and a list of open questions.
Note:
  • 21 pages, contribution to Stephen Hawking's 60th birthday conference
  • talk: Cambridge 2002/01/07
  • string model
  • field equations: solution
  • critical phenomena
  • geometry