The (amazing) super-maze

• Published in: The journal of high energy physics 2023-03, Vol.2023 (3), p.237-26, Article 237
• Main Authors: Bena, Iosif, Hampton, Shaun D., Houppe, Anthony, Li, Yixuan, Toulikas, Dimitrios
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Black Holes in String Theory; Branes; Classical and Quantum Gravitation; D-Branes; Elementary Particles; Entropy; High energy physics; High Energy Physics - Theory; M theory; Momentum; Physics; Physics and Astronomy; Quantum Field Theories; Quantum Field Theory; Quantum Physics; Regular Article - Theoretical Physics; Relativity Theory; String Theory
• ISSN: 1029-8479; 1126-6708; 1029-8479
• DOI: 10.1007/JHEP03(2023)237

A bstract The entropy of the three-charge NS5-F1-P black hole in Type IIA string theory comes from the breaking of N 1 F1 strings into N 1 N 5 little strings, which become independent momentum carriers. In M theory, the little strings correspond to strips of M2 brane that connect pairs of parallel M5 branes separated along the M-theory direction. We show that if one takes into account the backreaction of the M-theory little strings on the M5 branes one obtains a maze-like structure, to which one can add momentum waves. We also show that adding momentum waves to the little strings gives rise to a momentum-carrying brane configuration — a super-maze — which locally preserves 16 supercharges. We therefore expect the backreaction of the super-maze to give rise to a new class of horizonless black-hole microstate solutions, which preserve the rotational symmetry of the black-hole horizon and carry 5 / 6 of its entropy.