Exact Solutions and Black Hole Stability in Higher Dimensional Supergravity Theories

Abstract

This thesis examines exact solutions to gauged and ungauged supergravity theories in space-time dimensions $D\ge 5$ as well as various instabilities of such solutions.

arXiv commentPh.D. Thesis, 152 pages, 7 figures

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