The Gregory-Laflamme instability

TL;DR

This paper reviews the Gregory-Laflamme instability, a phenomenon affecting higher-dimensional black strings, highlighting its significance in black hole physics and stability analysis in higher-dimensional spacetimes.

Contribution

It provides a concise overview of the original discovery of the Gregory-Laflamme instability in 5-dimensional black strings, summarizing key concepts and implications.

Findings

Identification of instability in black strings

Implications for black hole stability in higher dimensions

Foundational understanding for further research

Abstract

I give a brief review of the Gregory-Laflamme instability as originally found for a 5-dimensional black string. This is a chapter of the book "Black Holes in Higher Dimensions" to be published by Cambridge University Press (editor: G. Horowitz)