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    Chaotic motion in multi-black hole spacetimes and holographic screens

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    We investigate the geodesic motion in D−D-dimensional Majumdar-Papapetrou multi-black hole spacetimes and find that the qualitative features of the D=4 case are shared by the higher dimensional configurations. The motion of timelike and null particles is chaotic, the phase space being divided into basins of attraction which are separated by a fractal boundary, with a fractal dimension dBd_B. The mapping of the geodesic trajectories on a screen placed in the asymptotic region is also investigated. We find that the fractal properties of the phase space induces a fractal structure on the holographic screen, with a fractal dimension dB−1d_B-1.Comment: 8 pages, 5 figure

    Deformed vortices in (4+1)-dimensional Einstein-Yang-Mills theory

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    We study vortex-type solutions in a (4+1)-dimensional Einstein-Yang-Mills-SU(2) model. Assuming all fields to be independent on the extra coordinate, these solutions correspond in a four dimensional picture to axially symmetric multimonopoles, respectively monopole-antimonopole solutions. By boosting the five dimensional purely magnetic solutions we find new configurations which in four dimensions represents rotating regular nonabelian solutions with an additional electric charge.Comment: 11 pages, including 5 eps files; reference added, discussion extended; typos correcte

    Spherically symmetric selfdual Yang-Mills instantons on curved backgrounds in all even dimensions

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    We present several different classes of selfdual Yang-Mills instantons in all even d backgrounds with Euclidean signature. In d=4p+2 the only solutions we found are on constant curvature dS and AdS backgrounds, and are evaluated in closed form. In d=4p an interesting class of instantons are given on black hole backgrounds. One class of solutions are (Euclidean) time-independent and spherically symmetric in d-1 dimensions, and the other class are spherically symmetric in all d dimensions. Some of the solutions in the former class are evaluated numerically, all the rest being given in closed form. Analytic proofs of existence covering all numerically evaluated solutions are given. All instantons studied have finite action and vanishing energy momentum tensor and do not disturb the geometry.Comment: 41 pages, 3 figure

    Magnetic charge, angular momentum and negative cosmological constant

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    We argue that there are no axially symmetric rotating monopole solutions for a Yang-Mills-Higgs theory in flat spacetime background. We construct axially symmetric Yang-Mills-Higgs solutions in the presence of a negative cosmological constant, carrying magnetic charge nn and a nonvanishing electric charge. However, these solution are also nonrotating.Comment: 17 pages, LaTeX, 7 figure

    Nonabelian solutions in AdS_4 and d=11 supergravity

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    We consider solutions of the four dimensional Einstein-Yang-Mills system with a negative cosmological constant Λ=−3g2\Lambda=-3g^2, where gg is the nonabelian gauge coupling constant. This theory corresponds to a consistent truncation of N=4{\cal N}=4 gauged supergravity and may be uplifted to d=11d=11 supergravity. A systematic study of all known solutions is presented as well as new configurations corresponding to rotating regular dyons and rotating nonabelian black holes. The thermodynamics of the static black hole solutions is also discussed. The generic EYM solutions present a nonvanishing magnetic flux at infinity and should give us information about the structure of a CFT in a background SU(2) field. We argue that the existence of these configurations violating the no hair conjecture is puzzling from the AdS/CFT point of view.Comment: 52 pages; 24 figures; v2: minor changes, references added, version to be published in PR

    Nonabelian solutions in N=4, D=5 gauged supergravity

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    We consider static, nonabelian solutions in N=4, D=5 Romans' gauged supergravity model. Numerical arguments are presented for the existence of asymptotically anti-de Sitter configurations in the N=4+N=4^+ version of the theory, with a dilaton potential presenting a stationary point. Considering the version of the theory with a Liouville dilaton potential, we look for configurations with unusual topology. A new exact solution is presented, and a counterterm method is proposed to compute the mass and action.Comment: 15 pages, 4 figure
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