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Supersymmetric Mechanics – Vol. 2: The Attractor Mechanism and Space Time Singularities

By Stefano Bellucci , Alessio Marrani , Sergio Ferrara (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
2006
ISBN
9783540341567, 3-540-34156-0, 3540341560
DOI
10.1007/b11749356
Open Library ID
OL9056514M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (2714717 bytes)
Series
Lecture notes in physics 701
Volume
vol 2
Edition
1
Pages
243\248
Topic
Physics
Library
Springer
Time added
2009-08-06 07:02:15
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Description

This is the second volume in a series of books on the general theme of Supersymmetric Mechanics; the series is based on lectures and discussions held in 2005 and 2006 at the INFN-Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati. The first volume appears as Lect. Notes Physics, Vol. 698 "Supersymmetric Mechanics , Vol .1: Supersymmetry, Noncommutativity and Matrix Models" (2006) ISBN: 3-540-33313-4. The present extensive lecture supplies a pedagogical introduction, at the non-expert level, to the attractor mechanism in space-time singularities. In such a framework, supersymmetry seems to be related to dynamical systems with fixed points, describing the equilibrium state and the stability features of the thermodynamics of black holes. After a qualitative overview, explicit examples realizing the attractor mechanism are treated at some length; they include relevant cases of asymptotically flat, maximal and non-maximal, extended supergravities in 4 and 5 dimensions. A number of recent advances along various directions of research on the attractor mechanism are also given.

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