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Action Integrals and Partition Functions in Quantum Gravity
- G. Gibbons, S. Hawking
- Physics
- 15 May 1977
One can evaluate the action for a gravitational field on a section of the complexified spacetime which avoids the singularities. In this manner we obtain finite, purely imaginary values for the… Expand
Cosmological Event Horizons, Thermodynamics, and Particle Creation
- G. Gibbons, S. Hawking
- Physics
- 15 May 1977
It is shown that the close connection between event horizons and thermodynamics which has been found in the case of black holes can be extended to cosmological models with a repulsive cosmological… Expand
4-Dimensional black holes from Kaluza-Klein theories
- P. Breitenlohner, D. Maison, G. Gibbons
- Mathematics
- 1 June 1988
In this paper we consider generalizations in 4 dimensions of the Einstein-Maxwell equations which typically arise from Kaluza-Klein theories. We specify conditions such that stationary solutions lead… Expand
The first law of thermodynamics for Kerr–anti-de Sitter black holes
- G. Gibbons, M. Perry, C. Pope
- Physics
- 30 August 2004
We obtain expressions for the mass and angular momenta of rotating black holes in anti-de Sitter backgrounds in four, five and higher dimensions. We verify explicitly that our expressions satisfy the… Expand
Black holes and critical points in moduli space
- S. Ferrara, G. Gibbons, R. Kallosh
- Physics
- 13 February 1997
We study the stabilization of scalars near a supersymmetric black hole horizon using the equation of motion of a particle moving in a potential and background metric. When the relevant 4-dimensional… Expand
Black Holes and Membranes in Higher Dimensional Theories with Dilaton Fields
- G. Gibbons, K. Maeda
- Physics
- 21 March 1988
Abstract We consider scale invariant theories which couple gravity to Maxwell fields and antisymmetric tensor fields with a dilaton field. We exhibit in a unified way solutions representing black… Expand
Gravitational Multi - Instantons
- G. Gibbons, S. Hawking
- Physics
- 9 October 1978
Abstract We present a new family of self-dual positive definite metrics which are asymptotic to Euclidean space modulo identifications under discrete subgroups of O(4). these solutions contain 3τ − 3… Expand
Classification of Gravitational Instanton symmetries
- G. Gibbons, S. Hawking
- Mathematics
- 1 October 1979
We classify the action of one parameter isometry groups of Gravitational Instantons, complete non singular positive definite solutions of the Einstein equations with or without Λ term. The fixed… Expand
Black hole enthalpy and an entropy inequality for the thermodynamic volume
- M. Cvetič, G. Gibbons, D. Kubizňák, C. Pope
- Physics
- 13 December 2010
In a theory where the cosmological constant $\Lambda$ or the gauge coupling constant $g$ arises as the vacuum expectation value, its variation should be included in the first law of thermodynamics… Expand
Born-Infeld particles and Dirichlet p-branes
- G. Gibbons
- Physics
- 3 September 1997
Born-Infeld theory admits finite energy point particle solutions with δ-function sources, Blons. I discuss their role in the theory of Dirichlet p-branes as the ends of strings intersecting the brane… Expand
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