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View SchemaSuperball of Strings
| Authors | Yoav Zigdon |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | 2601.09785vv1 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.09785 |
| License | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
Abstract
I solve the equations of the low-energy limit of string theory to obtain a solution corresponding to a microcanonical ensemble of highly-excited superstrings. This ``Superball of Strings'' is a static, spherically symmetric ``fuzzball'' of BPS strings with a size set by a random walk scaling. The solution can be embedded in string theory in a significant part of parameter space. While the solution does not constitute a Lorentzian interpretation for a Euclidean, horizonless solution by Chen, Maldacena, and Witten, a few connections are noted. A singular extremal black hole and the Superball of Strings exist as Supergravity solutions with the same asymptotic boundary conditions; however, I argue that the latter describes generic BPS microstates.
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