Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
2005-12-08
JHEP 0701:067,2007
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
37 pages, 2 figures, latex; v2: minor corrections, references added
Scientific paper
10.1088/1126-6708/2007/01/067
Solutions of type IIB supergravity which preserve half of the supersymmetries have a dual description in terms of free fermions, as elucidated by the "bubbling AdS" construction of Lin, Lunin and Maldacena. In this paper we study the half-BPS geometry associated with a gas of free fermions in thermodynamic equilibrium obeying the Fermi-Dirac distribution. We consider both regimes of low and high temperature. In the former case, we present a detailed computation of the ADM mass of the supergravity solution and find agreement with the thermal energy of the fermions. The solution has a naked null singularity and, by general arguments, is expected to develop a finite area horizon once stringy corrections are included. By introducing a stretched horizon, we propose a way to match the entropy of the fermions with the entropy of the geometry in the low temperature regime. In the opposite limit of high temperature, the solution resembles a dilute gas of D3 branes. Also in this case the ADM mass of the geometry agrees with the thermal energy of the fermions.
Giombi Simone
Kulaxizi Manuela
Ricci Riccardo
Trancanelli Diego
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