Supermultiplets of AdS Black Holes in 2+1 Dimensions

We construct super AdS black holes in 2+1 dimensions in terms of Chern Simons gauge theory of N=(1,1) super AdS group coupled to a (super)source. We take the source to be a super AdS state specified by its Casimir invariants. We show that the corresponding space-time is a supermultiplet of AdS space-times related to each other by supersymmetry transformations. We give explicit expressions for the masses and the angular momenta of the black holes in a supermultiplet. With one exception, for N=(1,1) one pair of extremal black holes can be accommodated in such all-black hole supermultiplets. The requirement that the source be a unitary representation leads to a discrete tower of excited states which provide a microscopic model for the super black hole.Comment: 12 pages, LaTe

The Structure of AdS Black Holes and Chern Simons Theory in 2+1 Dimensions

We study anti-de Sitter black holes in 2+1 dimensions in terms of Chern Simons gauge theory of anti-de Sitter group coupled to a source. Taking the source to be an anti-de Sitter state specified by its Casimir invariants, we show how all the relevant features of the black hole are accounted for. The requirement that the source be a unitary representation leads to a discrete tower of states which provide a microscopic model for the black hole.Comment: 17 pages, LaTex. The presentation in Section 5 was improved; other minor improvements. Final form of the manuscrip

Product Integral Formalism and Non-Abelian Stokes Theorem

We make use of the properties of product integrals to obtain a surface product integral representation for the Wilson loop operator. The result can be interpreted as the non-abelian version of Stokes' theorem.Comment: Latex; condensed version of hep-th/9903221, to appear in Jour. Math. Phy

The Structure of Space-Time Emerging from the Two-Superbody Problem in Chern Simons Supergravity

We show that the exact solution of the two_superbody problem in N=2 Chern Simons Supergravity in 2+1 dimensions leads to a supermultiplet of space-times. This supersymmetric space-time is characterized by the two gauge invariant observables of the super Poincare' group, which may be viewed as the Casimir invariants of an equivalent one-superbody state. The metric of this space-time supermultiplet can be cast into the form of the metric for a spinning cone in which the coordinates do not commute or for a spinning cone with an additional finite discrete dimension. Some of the interesting features of this universe and their possible physical implications are discussed in the light of a corresponding observation by Witten.Comment: 10 pages, LaTe

Non-Vanishing Cosmological Constant Λ\Lambda, Phase Transitions, And Λ\Lambda-Dependence Of High Energy Processes

It is pointed out that a collider experiment involves a local contribution to the energy-momentum tensor, a circumstance which not a common feature of the current state of the Universe at large characterized by the cosmological constant $\Lambda_0$. This contribution may be viewed as a change in the structure of space-time from its large scale form governed by $\Lambda_0$ to one governed by a $\Lambda$ peculiar to the scale of the experiment. Possible consequences of this effect are explored by exploiting the asymptotic symmetry of space-time for non-vanishing $\Lambda$ and its relation to vacuum energy.Comment: 11 pages; UCTP101.02; last section revised; the version to appear in Physics Letters

Twisted Kac-Moody Algebras And The Entropy Of AdS3_3 Black Hole

We show that an $SL(2,R)_L \times SL(2,R)_R$ Chern-Simons theory coupled to a source on a manifold with the topology of a disk correctly describes the entropy of the AdS$_3$ black hole. The resulting boundary WZNW theory leads to two copies of a twisted Kac-Moody algebra, for which the respective Virasoro algebras have the same central charge $c$ as the corresponding untwisted theory. But the eigenvalues of the respective $L_0$ operators are shifted. We show that the asymptotic density of states for this theory is, up to logarithmic corrections, the same as that obtained by Strominger using the asymptotic symmetry of Brown and Henneaux.Comment: 14 pages, some of the paragraphs in section 4 have been rewritten to improve the presentation. The results remain unchange