Microscopic entropy of <span class="aps-inline-formula"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi>N</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>2</mn><mn></mn></math></span> extremal black holes

David M. Kaplan; David A. Lowe; Juan M. Maldacena; Andrew Strominger

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.55.4898

Microscopic entropy of $N = 2$ extremal black holes

David M. Kaplan, David A. Lowe, Juan M. Maldacena, and Andrew Strominger

Phys. Rev. D 55, 4898 – Published 15 April 1997

Abstract

String theory is used to compute the microscopic entropy for several examples of black holes in compactifications with $N = 2$ supersymmetry. Agreement with the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy and the moduli-independent $N = 2$ area formula is found in all cases.

Received 13 November 1996

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.55.4898

Authors & Affiliations

David M. Kaplan¹, David A. Lowe², Juan M. Maldacena³, and Andrew Strominger¹

¹Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106-9530
²California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125
³Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08855

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Vol. 55, Iss. 8 — 15 April 1997

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