Black holes and branes in supergravity
High Energy Physics - Theory
2011-08-19 v2
Abstract
This book chapter presents a brief introduction to black holes and branes in supergravity, focussing on 11-dimensional supergravity and type II supergravities in 10-dimension. The chapter is aimed at graduate students who have completed a standard course in general relativity. It is an ammended and slightly updated version of arXiv:gr-qc/9908045. In addition to describing specific solutions, brief discussions of p-form gauge fields, Kaluza-Klein reduction, (local) supersymmetry, T- and S-dualities in supergravity, and string perturbation theory are included to provide context.
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Cite
@article{arxiv.1107.1022,
title = {Black holes and branes in supergravity},
author = {Donald Marolf},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1107.1022},
year = {2011}
}
Comments
55 pgs. Chapter of the book `Black Holes in Higher Dimensions' to be published by Cambridge University Press (editor: G. Horowitz)