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Superstars and Giant Gravitons

High Energy Physics - Theory 2010-02-03 v2

Abstract

We examine a family of BPS solutions of ten-dimensional type IIb supergravity. These solutions asymptotically approach AdS_5 X S^5 and carry internal `angular' momentum on the five-sphere. While a naked singularity appears at the center of the anti-de Sitter space, we show that it has a natural physical interpretation in terms of a collection of giant gravitons. We calculate the distribution of giant gravitons from the dipole field induced in the Ramond-Ramond five-form, and show that these sources account for the entire internal momentum carried by the BPS solutions.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0109127,
  title  = {Superstars and Giant Gravitons},
  author = {Robert C. Myers and Oyvind Tafjord},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0109127},
  year   = {2010}
}

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15 pages, Latex