
Using a recently developed generalized Weyl formalism, we construct an asymptotically flat, static vacuum Einstein solution that describes a superposition of multiple five-dimensional Schwarzschild black holes. The spacetime exhibits a U(1)\times U(1) rotational symmetry. It is argued that for certain choices of parameters, the black holes are collinear and so may be regarded as a five-dimensional generalization of the Israel-Khan solution. The black holes are kept in equilibrium by membrane-like conical singularities along the two rotational axes; however, they still distort one another by their mutual gravitational attraction. We also generalize this solution to one describing multiple charged black holes, with fixed mass-to-charge ratio, in Einstein-Maxwell-dilaton theory.
23 pages, 6 figures
High Energy Physics - Theory, generalized Weyl formalism, High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th), Black holes, multi-black-hole solutions, FOS: Physical sciences, Kaluza-Klein and other higher-dimensional theories, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc), General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Theory, generalized Weyl formalism, High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th), Black holes, multi-black-hole solutions, FOS: Physical sciences, Kaluza-Klein and other higher-dimensional theories, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc), General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
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