Higher Dimensional Chern-Simons Theories and Topological Black Holes
Abstract
Description
It has been recently pointed out that black holes of constant curvature with a "chronological singularity" can be constructed in any spacetime dimension. These black holes share many common properties with the 2+1 black hole. In this contribution we give a brief summary of these new black holes and consider them as solutions of a Chern-Simons gravity theory. We also provide a brief introduction to some aspects of higher dimensional Chern-Simons theories.
13 pages, Latex. Talk given at the Conference "Quantum Mechanics of Fundamental Systems VI", Santiago, Chile, Aug 1997
13 pages, Latex. Talk given at the Conference "Quantum Mechanics of Fundamental Systems VI", Santiago, Chile, Aug 1997