Published May 20, 2005 | Version v1
Journal article

Microscopic Entropy of the Black Ring

  • 1. Jefferson Physical Laboratory, Harvard University, Cambridge Massachusetts 02138 (United States)
  • 2. Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 2Y5 (Canada)

Description

A surprising new seven-parameter supersymmetric black ring solution of five-dimensional supergravity has recently been discovered. In this paper, M theory is used to give an exact microscopic accounting of its entropy

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Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
94
Journal Issue
19
Journal Page Range
p. 191601-191601.3
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTAO

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