Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
2000-08-05
Phys.Rev.D63:064006,2001
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
31 pages, 4 figures, LaTex; Some comments and references added
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevD.63.064006
Fluctuations around a non-trivial solution of Born-Infeld theory have a limiting speed given not by the Einstein metric but the Boillat metric. The Boillat metric is S-duality invariant and conformal to the open string metric. It also governs the propagation of scalars and spinors in Born-Infeld theory. We discuss the potential clash between causality determined by the closed string and open string light cones and find that the latter never lie outside the former. Both cones touch along the principal null directions of the background Born-Infeld field. We consider black hole solutions in situations in which the distinction between bulk and brane is not sharp such as space filling branes and find that the location of the event horizon and the thermodynamic properties do not depend on whether one uses the closed or open string metric. Analogous statements hold in the more general context of non-linear electrodynamics or effective quantum-corrected metrics. We show how Born-Infeld action to second order might be obtained from higher-curvature gravity in Kaluza-Klein theory. Finally we point out some intriguing analogies with Einstein-Schr\"odinger theory.
Gibbons Gary W.
Herdeiro Carlos A. R.
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