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Superconformal Multi-Black Hole Moduli Spaces in Four Dimensions

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-31 v2

Abstract

Quantum mechanics on the moduli space of N supersymmetric Reissner-Nordstrom black holes is shown to admit 4 supersymmetries using an unconventional supermultiplet which contains 3N bosons and 4N fermions. A near-horizon limit is found in which the quantum mechanics of widely separated black holes decouples from that of strongly-interacting, near-coincident black holes. This near-horizon theory is shown to have an enhanced D(2,1;0) superconformal symmetry. The bosonic symmetries are SL(2,R) conformal symmetry and SU(2)xSU(2) R-symmetry arising from spatial rotations and the R-symmetry of N=2 supergravity.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9911001,
  title  = {Superconformal Multi-Black Hole Moduli Spaces in Four Dimensions},
  author = {Alexander Maloney and Marcus Spradlin and Andrew Strominger},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9911001},
  year   = {2009}
}

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23 pages, harvmac. v2: many typos fixed

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