(Generalized) Conformal Quantum Mechanics of 0-Branes and Two-Dimensional Dilaton Gravity

We study the relation between the (generalized) conformal quantum mechanics of 0-branes and the two-dimensional dilaton gravity. The two-dimensional actions obtained from the supergravity effective actions for the (dilatonic) 0-branes through the compactification on a sphere are related to known two-dimensional dilaton gravity models. The SL(2,R) symmetry of the (generalized) conformal quantum mechanics is realized within such two-dimensional models. The two-dimensional dilatonic gravity model derived from the non-dilatonic 0-brane action is related to the Liouville theory and therefore is conformal, whereas the two-dimensional model derived from the dilatonic 0-brane action does not have the conformal symmetry.Comment: 21 pages, LaTeX, version to appear in Nucl. Phys. B, an error in Eq. (49) correcte

The Cardy-Verlinde Formula and Asymptotically Flat Charged Black Holes

We show that the modified Cardy-Verlinde formula without the Casimir effect term is satisfied by asymptotically flat charged black holes in arbitrary dimensions. Thermodynamic quantities of the charged black holes are shown to satisfy the energy-temperature relation of a two-dimensional CFT, which supports the claim in our previous work (Phys. Rev. D61, 044013, hep-th/9910244) that thermodynamics of charged black holes in higher dimensions can be effectively described by two-dimensional theories. We also check the Cardy formula for the two-dimensional black hole compactified from a dilatonic charged black hole in higher dimensions.Comment: 6 pages, LaTeX, references adde

Bogomol'nyi-Prasad-Sommerfield solitons in M5-brane worldvolume theory with a constant three-form field

We study Bogomol'nyi-Prasad-Sommerfield solutions for a self-dual string and a neutral string in M5-brane worldvolume theory with a constant three-form field. We further generalize such solitons to superpose with a calibrated surface. We also study a traveling wave on a calibrated surface in the constant three-form field background