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Non-BPS Bubbling Geometries in AdS$_3$

High Energy Physics - Theory 2023-03-22 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We construct large classes of non-BPS smooth horizonless geometries that are asymptotic to AdS3×_3\timesS3×^3\timesT4^4 in type IIB supergravity. These geometries are supported by electromagnetic flux corresponding to D1-D5 charges. We show that Einstein equations for systems with eight commuting Killing vectors decompose into a set of Ernst equations, thereby admitting an integrable structure. This feature, which can a priori be applied to other AdSD×C_D\times\mathcal{C} settings in supergravity, allows us to use solution-generating techniques associated with the Ernst formalism. We explicitly derive solutions by applying the charged Weyl formalism that we have previously developed. These are sourced internally by a chain of bolts that correspond to regions where the orbits of the commuting Killing vectors collapse smoothly. We show that these geometries can be interpreted as non-BPS T4^4 and S3^3 deformations on global AdS3×_3\timesS3×^3\timesT4^4 that are located at the center of AdS3_3. These non-BPS deformations can be made arbitrarily small and should therefore correspond to non-supersymmetric operators in the D1-D5 CFT. Finally, we also construct interesting bound states of non-extremal BTZ black holes connected by regular bolts.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.2210.06483,
  title  = {Non-BPS Bubbling Geometries in AdS$_3$},
  author = {Ibrahima Bah and Pierre Heidmann},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2210.06483},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

52 pages + Appendix, 16 figures; v2: minor changes and published version

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