361 research outputs found
Dynamics and Stability of Black Rings
We examine the dynamics of neutral black rings, and identify and analyze a
selection of possible instabilities. We find the dominating forces of very thin
black rings to be a Newtonian competition between a string-like tension and a
centrifugal force. We study in detail the radial balance of forces in black
rings, and find evidence that all fat black rings are unstable to radial
perturbations, while thin black rings are radially stable. Most thin black
rings, if not all of them, also likely suffer from Gregory-Laflamme
instabilities. We also study simple models for stability against
emission/absorption of massless particles. Our results point to the conclusion
that most neutral black rings suffer from classical dynamical instabilities,
but there may still exist a small range of parameters where thin black rings
are stable. We also discuss the absence of regular real Euclidean sections of
black rings, and thermodynamics in the grand-canonical ensemble.Comment: 39 pages, 17 figures; v2: conclusions concerning radial stability
corrected + new appendix + refs added; v3: additional comments regarding
stabilit
Soft Bootstrap and Supersymmetry
The soft bootstrap is an on-shell method to constrain the landscape of
effective field theories (EFTs) of massless particles via the consistency of
the low-energy S-matrix. Given assumptions on the on-shell data (particle
spectra, linear symmetries, and low-energy theorems), the soft bootstrap is an
efficient algorithm for determining the possible consistency of an EFT with
those properties. The implementation of the soft bootstrap uses the recently
discovered method of soft subtracted recursion. We derive a precise criterion
for the validity of these recursion relations and show that they fail exactly
when the assumed symmetries can be trivially realized by independent operators
in the effective action. We use this to show that the possible pure (real and
complex) scalar, fermion, and vector exceptional EFTs are highly constrained.
Next, we prove how the soft behavior of states in a supermultiplet must be
related and illustrate the results in extended supergravity. We demonstrate the
power of the soft bootstrap in two applications. First, for the N= 1 and N=2
CP^1 nonlinear sigma models, we show that on-shell constructibility establishes
the emergence of accidental IR symmetries. This includes a new on-shell
perspective on the interplay between N=2 supersymmetry, low-energy theorems,
and electromagnetic duality. We also show that N=2 supersymmetry requires
3-point interactions with the photon that make the soft behavior of the scalar
O(1) instead of vanishing, despite the underlying symmetric coset. Second, we
study Galileon theories, including aspects of supersymmetrization, the
possibility of a vector-scalar Galileon EFT, and the existence of
higher-derivative corrections preserving the enhanced special Galileon
symmetry. This is addressed by soft bootstrap and by application of
double-copy/KLT relations applied to higher-derivative corrections of chiral
perturbation theory.Comment: 71 pages, no figures. v2: significant new material about the N=2 CP^1
NLSM; typos correcte
On smoothness of Black Saturns
We prove smoothness of the domain of outer communications (d.o.c.) of the
Black Saturn solutions of Elvang and Figueras. We show that the metric on the
d.o.c. extends smoothly across two disjoint event horizons with topology R x
S^3 and R x S^1 x S^2. We establish stable causality of the d.o.c. when the
Komar angular momentum of the spherical component of the horizon vanishes, and
present numerical evidence for stable causality in general.Comment: 47 pages, 5 figure
A black ring with a rotating 2-sphere
We present a solution of the vacuum Einstein's equations in five dimensions
corresponding to a black ring with horizon topology S^1 x S^2 and rotation in
the azimuthal direction of the S^2. This solution has a regular horizon up to a
conical singularity, which can be placed either inside the ring or at infinity.
This singularity arises due to the fact that this black ring is not balanced.
In the infinite radius limit we correctly reproduce the Kerr black string, and
taking another limit we recover the Myers-Perry black hole with a single
angular momentum.Comment: 10 page
Three Charge Supertubes in Type IIB Plane Wave Backgrounds
We deform the supersymmetric black ring of five dimensional supergravity
coupled to N-1 vector multiplets to obtain an asymptotically Goedel
supersymmetric black ring. For the U(1)^3 model we lift this solution to obtain
a three charge D1-D5-P supertube which asymptotes to a 1/2 supersymmetric plane
wave of Type IIB supergravity. Further, we also show how one may deform the
asymptotically flat three charge supertube of type IIB, in the special case of
vanishing KK dipole charge, to a three charge supertube which asymptotes to the
maximally supersymmetric plane wave.Comment: 1+14 pages, JHEP
Hawking Radiation of Black Rings from Anomalies
We derive Hawking radiation of 5-dimensional black rings from gauge and
gravitational anomalies using the method proposed by Robinson and Wilczek. We
find as in the black hole case, the problem could reduce to a (1+1) dimensional
field theory and the anomalies result in correct Hawking temperature for
neutral,dipole and charged black rings.Comment: 15 pages,Latex; revised version, typos corrected, reference added
Non-supersymmetric black rings as thermally excited supertubes
We construct a seven-parameter family of supergravity solutions that describe
non-supersymmetric black rings and black tubes with three charges, three
dipoles and two angular momenta. The black rings have regular horizons and
non-zero temperature. They are naturally interpreted as the supergravity
descriptions of thermally excited configurations of supertubes, specifically of
supertubes with two charges and one dipole, and of supertubes with three
charges and two dipoles. In order to fully describe thermal excitations near
supersymmetry of the black supertubes with three charges and three dipoles a
more general family of black ring solutions is required.Comment: 35 pages. v2: ref added and minor typo correcte
CFT Duals for Extreme Black Holes
It is argued that the general four-dimensional extremal Kerr-Newman-AdS-dS
black hole is holographically dual to a (chiral half of a) two-dimensional CFT,
generalizing an argument given recently for the special case of extremal Kerr.
Specifically, the asymptotic symmetries of the near-horizon region of the
general extremal black hole are shown to be generated by a Virasoro algebra.
Semiclassical formulae are derived for the central charge and temperature of
the dual CFT as functions of the cosmological constant, Newton's constant and
the black hole charges and spin. We then show, assuming the Cardy formula, that
the microscopic entropy of the dual CFT precisely reproduces the macroscopic
Bekenstein-Hawking area law. This CFT description becomes singular in the
extreme Reissner-Nordstrom limit where the black hole has no spin. At this
point a second dual CFT description is proposed in which the global part of the
U(1) gauge symmetry is promoted to a Virasoro algebra. This second description
is also found to reproduce the area law. Various further generalizations
including higher dimensions are discussed.Comment: 18 pages; v2 minor change
Sequences of dipole black rings and Kaluza-Klein bubbles
We construct new exact solutions to 5D Einstein-Maxwell equations describing
sequences of Kaluza-Klein bubbles and dipole black rings. The solutions are
generated by 2-soliton transformations from vacuum black ring - bubble
sequences. The properties of the solutions are investigated. We also derive the
Smarr-like relations and the mass and tension first laws in the general case
for such configurations of Kaluza-Klein bubbles and dipole black rings. The
novel moment is the appearance of the magnetic flux in the Smarr-like relations
and the first laws.Comment: 26 pages, 1 figur
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