The Exact Geometry of a Kerr-Taub-NUT Solution of String Theory
High Energy Physics - Theory
2009-11-10 v1
Abstract
In this paper we study a solution of heterotic string theory corresponding to a rotating Kerr-Taub-NUT spacetime. It has an exact CFT description as a heterotic coset model, and a Lagrangian formulation as a gauged WZNW model. It is a generalisation of a recently discussed stringy Taub-NUT solution, and is interesting as another laboratory for studying the fate of closed timelike curves and cosmological singularities in string theory. We extend the computation of the exact metric and dilaton to this rotating case, and then discuss some properties of the metric, with particular emphasis on the curvature singularities.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0410011,
title = {The Exact Geometry of a Kerr-Taub-NUT Solution of String Theory},
author = {Harald G. Svendsen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0410011},
year = {2009}
}
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14 pages, 3 figures