Solutions of the dilaton field equations with applications to the soliton-black hole correspondence in generalised JT gravity

In this thesis, we explore connections between solitons, black holes, and harmonic maps in two-dimensional gravitation. Euclidean sine-Gordon theory, naturally admitting soliton solutions, and Schwarzschild-type black hole metrics, of physical interest, are studied in detail for the case of JT gravi...

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Main Author: Beheshti, Shabnam
Language:ENG
Published: ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst 2008
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Online Access:https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI3325256