Stationary spacetime from intersecting M-branes

Kei Ichi Maeda, Makoto Tanabe

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Abstract

We study a stationary "black" brane in M/superstring theory. Assuming BPS-type relations between the first-order derivatives of metric functions, we present general stationary black brane solutions with a traveling wave for the Einstein equations in D-dimensions. The solutions are given by a few independent harmonic equations (and plus the Poisson equation). General solutions are constructed by superposition of a complete set of those harmonic functions. Using the hyperspherical coordinate system, we explicitly give the solutions in 11-dimensional M theory for the case with M2⊥M5 intersecting branes and a traveling wave. Compactifying these solutions into five dimensions, we show that these solutions include the BMPV black hole and the Brinkmann wave solution. We also find new solutions similar to the Brinkmann wave. We prove that the solutions preserve the 1/8 supersymmetry if the gravi- electromagnetic field F1 which is a rotational part of gravity, is self-dual. We also discuss non-spherical "black" objects (e.g., a ring topology and an elliptical shape) by use of other curvilinear coordinates.

Original languageEnglish
Pages225-228
Number of pages4
Publication statusPublished - 2005
Event15th Workshop on General Relativity and Gravitation in Japan, JGRG 2005 - Tokyo, Japan
Duration: 2005 Nov 282005 Dec 2

Conference

Conference15th Workshop on General Relativity and Gravitation in Japan, JGRG 2005
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityTokyo
Period05/11/2805/12/2

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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