Black Holes and Wormholes in 2+1 Dimensions
Abstract
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Vacuum Einstein theory in three spacetime dimensions is locally trivial, but admits many solutions that are globally different, particularly if there is a negative cosmological constant. The classical theory of such locally "anti-de Sitter" spaces is treated in an elementary way, using visualizable models. Among the objects discussed are black holes, spaces with multiple black holes, their horizon structure, closed universes, and the topologies that are possible.
37 pages Latex2e including 17 LaTeX figures. Submitted to Proceedings of 2nd Samos Meeting on Cosmology Geometry and Relativity (Springer-Verlag) Typos crrected, section 4.3 (Multiple Black Holes with Angular Momentum) revised
37 pages Latex2e including 17 LaTeX figures. Submitted to Proceedings of 2nd Samos Meeting on Cosmology Geometry and Relativity (Springer-Verlag) Typos crrected, section 4.3 (Multiple Black Holes with Angular Momentum) revised