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Nonperturbative Instability of AdS_5 x S^5/Z_k
Gary T. Horowitz, Jacopo Orgera, Joe Polchinski
We study the AdS/CFT correspondence with boundary conditions AdS_5 x S^5/Z_k, where the Z_k acts freely but breaks all supersymmetry. While there are closed string tachyons at smal…
Counting the Microstates of a Kerr Black Hole
Gary T. Horowitz, Matthew M. Roberts
We show that an extremal Kerr black hole, appropriately lifted to M-theory, can be transformed to a Kaluza-Klein black hole in M-theory, or a D0-D6 charged black hole in string the…
Colliding with a Crunching Bubble
Ben Freivogel, Gary T. Horowitz, Stephen Shenker
In the context of eternal inflation we discuss the fate of Lambda = 0 bubbles when they collide with Lambda < 0 crunching bubbles. When the Lambda = 0 bubble is supersymmetric, it…
Dynamics of First Order Transitions with Gravity Duals
Gary T. Horowitz, Matthew M. Roberts
A first order phase transition usually proceeds by nucleating bubbles of the new phase which then rapidly expand. In confining gauge theories with a gravity dual, the deconfined ph…