Intersecting M-branes as four-dimensional black holes

I. R. Klebanov, A. A. Tseytlin

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Abstract

We present two 1/8 supersymmetric intersecting p-brane solutions of 11-dimensional supergravity which upon compactification to four dimensions reduce to extremal dyonic black holes with finite area of horizon. The first solution is a configuration of three intersecting 5-branes with an extra momentum flow along the common string. The second describes a system of two 2-branes and two 5-branes. Related (by compactification and T-duality) solution of type IIB theory corresponds to a completely symmetric configuration of four intersecting 3-branes. We suggest methods for counting the BPS degeneracy of three intersecting 5-branes which, in the macroscopic limit, reproduce the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)179-192
Number of pages14
JournalNuclear Physics B
Volume475
Issue number1-2
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 9 1996

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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