Pith. sign in

REVIEW 9 cited by

Habemus Superstratum! A constructive proof of the existence of superstrata

Not yet reviewed by Pith; the record is open.

This paper has not been read by Pith yet. Machine review is queued; the pith claim, tier, and objections will appear here once it completes.

SPECIMEN: schema-true, not a live event

T0 review · schema-true

One-sentence machine reading of the paper's core claim.

pith:XXXXXXXX · record.json · timestamp

arxiv 1503.01463 v1 pith:757OBFBV submitted 2015-03-04 hep-th gr-qc

Habemus Superstratum! A constructive proof of the existence of superstrata

classification hep-th gr-qc
keywords solutionsblackholesuperstratumarbitrarydualgivehorizonless
verification ladder T0 review T1 audit T2 compute T3 formal T4 reserved
0 comments
read the original abstract

We construct the first example of a superstratum: a class of smooth horizonless supergravity solutions that are parameterized by arbitrary continuous functions of (at least) two variables and have the same charges as the supersymmetric D1-D5-P black hole. We work in Type IIB string theory on T^4 or K3 and our solutions involve a subset of fields that can be described by a six-dimensional supergravity with two tensor multiplets. The solutions can thus be constructed using a linear structure, and we give an explicit recipe to start from a superposition of modes specified by an arbitrary function of two variables and impose regularity to obtain the full horizonless solutions in closed form. We also give the precise CFT description of these solutions and show that they are not dual to descendants of chiral primaries. They are thus much more general than all the known solutions whose CFT dual is precisely understood. Hence our construction represents a substantial step toward the ultimate goal of constructing the fully generic superstratum that can account for a finite fraction of the entropy of the three-charge black hole in the regime of parameters where the classical black hole solution exists.

discussion (0)

Sign in with ORCID, Apple, or X to comment. Anyone can read and Pith papers without signing in.

Forward citations

Cited by 9 Pith papers

Reviewed papers in the Pith corpus that reference this work. Sorted by Pith novelty score.

  1. Generating Rotation in a Snap

    hep-th 2026-05 unverdicted novelty 7.0

    An algebraic technique generates rotating black holes and multi-source solutions from static ones by transforming to AdS×S asymptotics, applying a rotating frame shift, and returning to flat asymptotics.

  2. Chaos of Berry curvature for BPS microstates

    hep-th 2026-04 unverdicted novelty 7.0

    Berry curvature of BPS states is random-matrix-like for supersymmetric black hole microstates but non-random and often zero for horizonless geometries, offering a chaos diagnostic in degenerate sectors.

  3. Lost in Translation: Moduli Stabilization from EFT to Eleven Dimensions

    hep-th 2026-06 unverdicted novelty 6.0

    Explicit 11D solutions show flux stabilization of T^4/Z2 moduli in EFT does not match the full theory, with non-Lorentz-invariant deformations stabilizing a mix of volume and shape moduli instead.

  4. Fortuity beyond counting: an explicit construction

    hep-th 2026-06 unverdicted novelty 6.0

    Explicit construction of BPS states in (h,j)=(1,0) sector of D1D5 CFT shows non-vanishing three-point coupling between monotone and fortuitous states, indicating the sectors are dynamically connected.

  5. Generating Rotation in a Snap

    hep-th 2026-05 unverdicted novelty 6.0

    An algebraic construction generates rotating solutions from static Weyl-class metrics in 5D minimal supergravity by using AdS×S asymptotics and frame shifts, recovering Kerr/Myers-Perry and producing a linear ansatz f...

  6. Cosmological brick walls & quantum chaotic dynamics of de Sitter horizons

    hep-th 2026-03 unverdicted novelty 6.0

    Brick-wall spectra in de Sitter space show long-range chaotic signatures via spectral form factor and Krylov complexity even when conventional level repulsion is absent.

  7. Superball of Strings

    hep-th 2026-01 unverdicted novelty 6.0

    A random-walk-sized fuzzball of BPS superstrings in supergravity is proposed to describe generic BPS microstates instead of a singular black hole.

  8. The magic of the gravitational vacuum

    hep-th 2026-06 unverdicted novelty 5.0

    The vecro hypothesis introduces a lattice model of the gravitational vacuum whose extended correlations nucleate fuzzballs that destroy semiclassical spacetime near trapped surfaces.

  9. Gravitational Atoms from Topological Stars

    gr-qc 2025-11 unverdicted novelty 5.0

    Bound states of a massive scalar field around topological stars form strictly normal modes, producing a hydrogen-like spectrum when the Compton wavelength exceeds the star size and localized states otherwise.