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We perturbatively construct asymptotically \( {\mathrm{\mathbb{R}}}^{1,3}\times {\mathbb{T}}^2 \) black branes with multiple inhomogeneous directions and show that some of them are thermodynamically preferred over uniform branes in both the microcanonical and canonical ensembles. This demonstrates that, unlike five-dimensional black strings, the instability of some unstable black branes has a plausible endpoint that does not require a violation of cosmic censorship.
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Dias, Ó.J.C., Santos, J.E. & Way, B. Lattice black branes: sphere packing in general relativity. J. High Energ. Phys. 2018, 111 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP05(2018)111
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