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M2-branes on Discs and Multi-Charged Spindles

High Energy Physics - Theory 2024-03-29 v2

Abstract

We study supersymmetric AdS2×Y9_2\times Y_9 solutions of 11d supergravity where Y9Y_9 is an S7S^7 fibration over a Riemann surface equipped with a metric of non-constant curvature. We consider two classes of Riemann surface: the first is a spindle and the second is a topological disc. These solutions are interpreted as the near-horizon limit of M2 branes wrapped on the Riemann surface and describe the near-horizon of a 4d black hole. In the case of the topological disc there are additional flavour M2 branes smeared on a five-sphere embedded in the transverse S7S^7. We perform a full global analysis of both classes of solutions, both from a 4d and an 11d viewpoint. Finally we compute the two-dimensional Newton's constant from which we obtain a prediction for the entropy of the black hole.

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@article{arxiv.2110.00571,
  title  = {M2-branes on Discs and Multi-Charged Spindles},
  author = {Christopher Couzens and Koen Stemerdink and Damian van de Heisteeg},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2110.00571},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

v2. Main text: 26 pages, matches JHEP version

R2 v1 2026-06-24T06:33:47.708Z