Black hole entropy functions and attractor equations
- 1. Arnold Sommerfeld Center for Theoretical Physics, Department fuer Physik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen, Munich (Germany)
- 2. Institute for Theoretical Physics, and Spinoza Institute, Utrecht University, Utrecht (Netherlands)
- 3. Physics Department, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar 751 004 (India)
Description
The entropy and the attractor equations for static extremal black hole solutions follow from a variational principle based on an entropy function. In the general case such an entropy function can be derived from the reduced action evaluated in a near-horizon geometry. BPS black holes constitute special solutions of this variational principle, but they can also be derived directly from a different entropy function based on supersymmetry enhancement at the horizon. Both functions are consistent with electric/magnetic duality and for BPS black holes their corresponding OSV-type integrals give identical results at the semi-classical level. We clarify the relation between the two entropy functions and the corresponding attractor equations for N = 2 supergravity theories with higher-derivative couplings in four space-time dimensions. We discuss how non-holomorphic corrections will modify these entropy functions
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Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Journal of High Energy Physics
- Journal Volume
- 3
- Journal Issue
- 2007
- Journal Page Range
- p. 085
- ISSN
- 1126-6708
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Italy
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 38081511
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ACTION INTEGRAL; ATTRACTORS; BLACK HOLES; CORRECTIONS; COSMOLOGY; DUALITY; ENTROPY; GEOMETRY; INTEGRALS; MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; SPACE-TIME; SUPERGRAVITY; SUPERSYMMETRY; VARIATIONAL METHODS
- Descriptors DEC
- CALCULATION METHODS; FIELD THEORIES; INTEGRALS; MATHEMATICS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SYMMETRY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; UNIFIED-FIELD THEORIES