The spectrum of known black-hole solutions to the stationary Einstein equations has been
steadily increasing, sometimes in unexpected ways. In particular, it has turned out that not all …

We review black-hole solutions of higher-dimensional vacuum gravity and higher-
dimensional supergravity theories. The discussion of vacuum gravity is pedagogical, with …

We propose a new formula for the entropy of a dynamical black hole—valid to leading order
for perturbations off of a stationary black hole background—in an arbitrary classical …

The wide applications of higher dimensional gravity and gauge/gravity duality have fuelled
the search for new stationary solutions of the Einstein equation (possibly coupled to matter) …

We present a first-principles derivation of the main results of the Kerr/CFT correspondence
and its extensions using only tools from gravity and quantum field theory. Firstly, we review …

We give a brief review of the AdS/CFT correspondence, which posits the equivalence
between a certain gravitational theory and a lower-dimensional non-gravitational one. This …

Recent work has demonstrated an attractor mechanism for extremal rotating black holes
subject to the assumption of a near-horizon SO (2, 1) symmetry. We prove the existence of …

We establish a new criterion for the dynamical stability of black holes in D≥ 4 spacetime
dimensions in general relativity with respect to axisymmetric perturbations: Dynamical …

Any spacetime containing a degenerate Killing horizon, such as an extremal black hole,
possesses a well-defined notion of a near-horizon geometry. We review such near-horizon …

A black ring is a five-dimensional black hole with an event horizon of topology S 1× S 2. We
provide an introduction to the description of black rings in general relativity and string theory …