Extremal branes as elementary particles

DOI10.1016/S0550-3213(97)00181-8MaRDI QIDQ1355963zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Vijay Balasubramanian, Finn Larsen

Publication date 1 June 1997

Published in Nuclear Physics B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9610077

zbMATH Keywords

compactificationHawking radiationeffective potentials

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Black holes (83C57) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30)

Abstract: The supersymmetric p-branes of Type II string theory can be interpreted after compactification as extremal black holes with zero entropy and infinite temperature. We show how the p-branes avoid this apparent, catastrophic instability by developing an infinite mass gap. Equivalently, these black holes behave like elementary particles: they are dressed by effective potentials that prevent absorption of impinging particles. In contrast, configurations with 2, 3, and 4 intersecting branes and their nonextremal extensions, behave increasingly like conventional black holes. These results extend and clarify earlier work by Holzhey and Wilczek in the context of four dimensional dilaton gravity.

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