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Blackfolds in supergravity and string theory

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We develop the effective worldvolume theory for the dynamics of black branes with charges of the kind that arise in many supergravities and low-energy limits of string theory. Using this theory, we construct numerous new rotating blackholes with charges and dipoles of D-branes, fundamental strings and other branes. In some instances, the black holes can be dynamically stable close enough to extremality. Some of these black holes, such as those based on the D1-D5-P system, have extremal, non-supersymmetric limits with regular horizons of finite area and a wide variety of horizon topologies and geometries.

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  1. Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Passeig Lluís Companys 23, E-08010, Barcelona, Spain

    Roberto Emparan

  2. Departament de Física Fonamental and Institut de Ciències del Cosmos, Universitat de Barcelona, Marti i Franquès 1, E-08028, Barcelona, Spain

    Roberto Emparan

  3. NORDITA, Roslagstullsbacken 23, SE-106 91, Stockholm, Sweden

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  4. Crete Centre for Theoretical Physics, Department of Physics, University of Crete, P.O. Box 2208, Heraklion, 71003, Greece

    Vasilis Niarchos

  5. The Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 17, 2100, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark

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Emparan, R., Harmark, T., Niarchos, V. et al. Blackfolds in supergravity and string theory. J. High Energ. Phys. 2011, 154 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP08(2011)154

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