Two kissing bolts

Guillaume Bossard (1) , Stefanos Katmadas (2) , David Turton (3)

1 CPHT - Centre de Physique Théorique [Palaiseau]
2 Dipartimento di Fisica (Milano)
3 IPHT - Institut de Physique Théorique - UMR CNRS 3681

The study of non-supersymmetric black hole microstates offers the potential to resolve the black hole information paradox. A system of equations was recently obtained that enables the systematic construction of non-supersymmetric smooth horizonless supergravity solutions, that are candidates to describe microstates of non-extremal black holes. Within this system we construct a family of six-dimensional supergravity solutions that feature two topologically-nontrivial three-cycles known as bolts. The two bolts touch at a single point and are supported by fluxes. We find that the fluxes on the two three-cycles can be either aligned or anti-aligned, and exhibit examples of both. We present several examples of smooth solutions, including near-extremal solutions that have an approximate AdS 3 region, and far-from extremal solutions that have arbitrarily small charge compared to their mass.

Domaines: Physique des Hautes Energies - Théorie [hep-th]

Guillaume Bossard, Stefanos Katmadas, David Turton. Two kissing bolts. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2018, 2018 (2), ⟨10.1007/JHEP02(2018)008⟩. ⟨hal-02323898⟩