28.01.2009 (Wednesday)

Black rings in Taub-NUT and the D0-D6 system

Triangular Seminar Stefano Giusto (CEA Saclay)

at:
16:00 IC
room Blackett Lecture Theatre 3
abstract:

We construct new exact solutions of pure gravity in five dimensions representing black rings in Taub-NUT spaces, both at zero and at non-zero temperature. We use these solutions to study properties of the D0-D6 system in the supergravity approximation. In particular we compute the interaction energy between D0 and D6 branes, analyze equilibrium configurations and their stability.