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hep-th2014★ 29 cited
Shock Formation in Lovelock Theories
Harvey S. Reall, Norihiro Tanahashi, Benson Way
We argue that Lovelock theories of gravity suffer from shock formation, unlike General Relativity. We consider the propagation of (i) a discontinuity in curvature, and (ii) weak, h…
hep-th2014★ 88 cited
Causality and Hyperbolicity of Lovelock Theories
Harvey S. Reall, Norihiro Tanahashi, Benson Way
In Lovelock theories, gravity can travel faster or slower than light. The causal structure is determined by the characteristic hypersurfaces. We generalise a recent result of Izumi…
hep-th2014★ 23 cited
Black Droplets
Jorge E. Santos, Benson Way
Black droplets and black funnels are gravitational duals to states of a large N, strongly coupled CFT on a fixed black hole background. We numerically construct black droplets corr…