Localised AdS3× S3× T4 Black Holes
Abstract
We numerically construct asymptotically global AdS3 × S3 × T4 black holes in type IIB supergravity, with Rt × SO(2) × SO(3) × U(1)4 symmetry, localised on the S3 and translationally invariant along the torus. These solutions, with horizons whose spatial cross sections have S4 × T4 topology, dominate the microcanonical ensemble at low energies. At higher energies, a first-order phase transition occurs to BTZ × S3 × T4 black holes - possessing Rt × SO(2) × SO(4) × U(1)4 symmetry and S1 × S3 × T4 horizon topology. By the AdS/CFT correspondence, this transition reflects the spontaneous breaking of the SO(4) R-symmetry of the D1-D5 CFT2 to SO(3). We also compute the expectation value of the scalar operator with lowest conformal dimension in the low-energy phase. Our SO(3)-localised black holes - together with the U(1)2-localised solutions of [1] - point to a rich landscape of novel black holes that may approach the CFT2 sparseness bootstrap condition, and shed light on how macroscopic entanglement in thermal phases encodes microscopic structure via internal directions.
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