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Extremal Black Holes in Supergravity

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String Theory and Fundamental Interactions

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We present the main features of the physics of extremal black holes embedded in supersymmetric theories of gravitation, with a detailed analysis of the attractor mechanism for BPS and non-BPS black-hole solutions in four dimensions.

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  1. 1 “Centro Enrico Fermi”, Compendio Viminale Via Panisperna 89/A, I-00184 Rome, Italy

    L. Andrianopoli

  2. Dipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico di Torino Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, I-10129 Turin, Italy

    L. Andrianopoli

  3. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) Sezione di Torino, Turin, Italy

    L. Andrianopoli

  4. CERN PH-TH Division, CH 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland

    L. Andrianopoli

  5. Dipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, I-10129 Turin, Italy

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  6. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare Sezione di Torino, Turin, Italy

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  7. CERN PH-TH Division, CH 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland

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  8. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy

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  9. Dipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, Turin, Italy

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Andrianopoli, L., D’Auria, R., Ferrara, S., Trigiante, M. (2008). Extremal Black Holes in Supergravity. In: Gasperini, M., Maharana, J. (eds) String Theory and Fundamental Interactions. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 737. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74233-3_22

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