Universal AdS Black Holes in Theories with 16 Supercharges and Their Microstates

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Universal AdS Black Holes in Theories with 16 Supercharges and Their Microstates

Seyed Morteza Hosseini and Alberto Zaffaroni

Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 171604 – Published 28 April 2021

Abstract

We provide a universal microscopic counting for the microstates of the asymptotically AdS black holes and black strings that arise as solutions of the half-maximal gauged supergravity in 4 and 5 dimensions. These solutions can be embedded in all M-theory and type II string backgrounds with an AdS vacuum and 16 supercharges and provide an infinite set of examples dual to $N = 2$ and $N = 4$ conformal field theories in four and three dimensions, respectively. The counting is universal and it is performed by either studying the large $N$ limit of the relevant supersymmetric index of the dual field theory or by using the charged Cardy formula.

Received 21 December 2020
Accepted 2 April 2021

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.171604

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Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

Gauge-gravity dualities Quantum aspects of black holes Supersymmetric field theories

Particles & Fields

Authors & Affiliations

Seyed Morteza Hosseini ^1,* and Alberto Zaffaroni ^2,3,†

¹Kavli IPMU (WPI), UTIAS, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
²Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy
³INFN, sezione di Milano-Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy