Superstars and Giant Gravitons in M-theory
High Energy Physics - Theory
2009-11-07 v2
Abstract
Following hep-th/0109127, we show that a certain class of BPS naked singularities (superstars) found in compactifications of M-theory can be interpreted as being composed of giant gravitons. More specifically, we study superstars which are asymptotically AdS_7 x S^4 and AdS_4 x S^7 and show that these field configurations can be interpreted as being sourced by continuous distributions of spherical M2- and M5-branes, respectively, which carry internal momenta and have expanded on the spherical component of the space-time.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0111178,
title = {Superstars and Giant Gravitons in M-theory},
author = {Frederic Leblond and Robert C. Myers and David C. Page},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0111178},
year = {2009}
}
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13 pages