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Four‐dimensional Calabi‐Yau Black Holes and their Entropies
Author(s) -
Lüst Dieter
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
fortschritte der physik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.469
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1521-3978
pISSN - 0015-8208
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1521-3978(199901)47:1/3<217::aid-prop217>3.0.co;2-s
Subject(s) - calabi–yau manifold , conifold , compactification (mathematics) , superstring theory , supergravity , physics , theoretical physics , massless particle , pure mathematics , mathematical physics , mathematics , supersymmetry , quantum mechanics , brane cosmology
We consider extremal black hole solutions of N = 2 supergravity which arise in the context of type II superstring compactification on Calabi‐Yau 3‐folds. In particular we show how the entropies of these black holes depend on the topological data of the Calabi‐Yau spaces; we also construct massless black holes which are relevant for the conifold transition among different Calabi‐Yau vacua.