Higher Dimensional Chern-Simons Theories and Topological Black Holes

TL;DR

This paper explores higher-dimensional Chern-Simons gravity theories and their associated topological black hole solutions, highlighting their properties and similarities to lower-dimensional cases.

Contribution

It introduces higher-dimensional Chern-Simons theories and discusses new topological black hole solutions with constant curvature and singularities.

Findings

Black holes with constant curvature and singularities exist in all spacetime dimensions.

These black holes share properties with the 2+1 dimensional black hole.

The paper provides an overview of higher-dimensional Chern-Simons theories.

Abstract

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.