Black holes and solitons in string theory

Khuri, Ramzi R.

Black holes and solitons in string theory

Ramzi R. Khuri
(
- McGill U. and
- CERN
)

1994

38 pages

Published in:

Helv.Phys.Acta 67 (1994) 884-922

e-Print:

hep-th/9506065 [hep-th]

Report number:

MCGILL-94-55,
CERN-TH-95-57,
CERN-TH-95-057

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Abstract:

In this review I discuss various aspects of some of the recently constructed black hole and soliton solutions in string theory. I begin with the axionic instanton and related solutions of bosonic and heterotic string theory. The latter ten-dimensional solutions can be compactified to supersymmetric monopole, string and domain wall solutions which break

1/2

of the spacetime supersymmetries of

N=4, D=4

heterotic string theory, and which can be generalized to two-parameter charged black hole solutions. The low-energy dynamics of these solutions is also discussed, as well as their connections with strong/weak coupling duality and target space duality in string theory. Finally, new solutions are presented which break

3/4, 7/8

and all of the spacetime supersymmetries and which also arise in more realistic

N=1

and

N=2

compactifications.

review
string model: boson
string model: supersymmetry
sigma model: nonlinear
field equations: soliton
black hole
compactification
duality
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