A SLOWLY ROTATING CHARGED BLACK HOLE IN FIVE DIMENSIONS

Abstract

Black hole solutions in higher dimensional Einstein and Einstein–Maxwell gravity have been discussed by Tangherlini as well as Myers and Perry a long time ago. These solutions are the generalizations of the familiar Schwarzschild, Reissner–Nordström and Kerr solutions of four-dimensional general relativity. However, higher dimensional generalization of the Kerr–Newman solution in four dimensions has not been found yet. As a first step in this direction we shall report on a new solution of the Einstein–Maxwell system of equations that describes an electrically charged and slowly rotating black hole in five dimensions.