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Bubbling Supertubes and Foaming Black Holes

High Energy Physics - Theory 2011-09-29 v2

Abstract

We construct smooth BPS three-charge geometries that resolve the zero-entropy singularity of the U(1) x U(1) invariant black ring. This singularity is resolved by a geometric transition that results in geometries without any branes sources or singularities but with non-trivial topology. These geometries are both ground states of the black ring, and non-trivial microstates of the D1-D5-P system. We also find the form of the geometries that result from the geometric transition of N zero-entropy black rings, and argue that, in general, such geometries give a very large number of smooth bound-state three-charge solutions, parameterized by 6N functions. The generic microstate solution is specified by a four-dimensional hyper-Kahler geometry of a certain signature, and contains a ``foam'' of non-trivial two-spheres. We conjecture that these geometries will account for a significant part of the entropy of the D1-D5-P black hole, and that Mathur's conjecture might reduce to counting certain hyper-Kahler manifolds.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0505166,
  title  = {Bubbling Supertubes and Foaming Black Holes},
  author = {Iosif Bena and Nicholas P. Warner},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0505166},
  year   = {2011}
}

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40 pages, harvmac. v2 references added, typo corrected

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