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Black Holes in Supergravity: the non-BPS Branch

High Energy Physics - Theory 2008-11-26 v3

Abstract

We construct extremal, spherically symmetric black hole solutions to 4D supergravity with charge assignments that preclude BPS-saturation. In particular, we determine the ground state energy as a function of charges and moduli. We find that the mass of the non-BPS black hole remains that of a marginal bound state of four basic constituents throughout the entire moduli space and that there is always a non-zero gap above the BPS bound.

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@article{arxiv.0710.4967,
  title  = {Black Holes in Supergravity: the non-BPS Branch},
  author = {Eric G. Gimon and Finn Larsen and Joan Simon},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0710.4967},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

29 pages, one appendix, no figures; v2. few comments and references added and a missing sign included; v3. further references added

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