TY - JOUR
T1 - Colliding Kaluza-Klein bubbles
AU - Horowitz, Gary T.
AU - Maeda, Kengo
PY - 2002/11/7
Y1 - 2002/11/7
N2 - We construct an exact solution describing the collision of two Kaluza-Klein 'bubbles of nothing' in 3 + 1 dimensions. When the bubbles collide, a curvature singularity forms which is hidden inside an event horizon. However, unlike the formation of ordinary black holes, in this case the spacetime resembles the entire maximally extended Schwarzschild solution. We also point out that there are inequivalent bubbles that can be constructed from Kerr black holes.
AB - We construct an exact solution describing the collision of two Kaluza-Klein 'bubbles of nothing' in 3 + 1 dimensions. When the bubbles collide, a curvature singularity forms which is hidden inside an event horizon. However, unlike the formation of ordinary black holes, in this case the spacetime resembles the entire maximally extended Schwarzschild solution. We also point out that there are inequivalent bubbles that can be constructed from Kerr black holes.
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U2 - 10.1088/0264-9381/19/21/317
DO - 10.1088/0264-9381/19/21/317
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0036426823
SN - 0264-9381
VL - 19
SP - 5543
EP - 5555
JO - Classical and Quantum Gravity
JF - Classical and Quantum Gravity
IS - 21
ER -