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Non-Abelian bubbles in microstate geometries

High Energy Physics - Theory 2016-12-21 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We find the first smooth microstate geometries with non-Abelian fields. The solutions constitute an extension of the BPS three-charge smooth microstates. These consist in general families of regular supersymmetric solutions with non-trivial topology, i.e. bubbles, of N=1\mathcal{N}=1, d=5d=5 Super-Einstein-Yang-Mills theory, having the asymptotic charges of a black hole or black ring but with no horizon. The non-Abelian fields make their presence at the very heart of the microstate structure: the physical size of the bubbles is affected by the non-Abelian topological charge they carry, which combines with the Abelian flux threading the bubbles to hold them up. Interestingly the non-Abelian fields carry a set of adjustable continuous parameters that do not alter the asymptotics of the solutions but modify the local geometry. This feature can be used to obtain a classically infinite number of microstate solutions with the asymptotics of a single black hole or black ring.

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@article{arxiv.1608.01330,
  title  = {Non-Abelian bubbles in microstate geometries},
  author = {Pedro F. Ramirez},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1608.01330},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

27 pages, 1 figure. v2 references added and typos corrected

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