Supersymmetric Mechanics, Volume II: The Attractor Mechanism and Space Time Singularities Export

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TY - BOOK ID - citeulike:4920496 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4920496 N2 - This is the second volume in a series of books on the general theme ofSupersymmetric Mechanics; the series is based on lectures and discussions heldin 2005 and 2006 at the INFN-Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati. The firstvolume appears as Lect. Notes Physics, Vol. 698 "Supersymmetric Mechanics ,Vol .1: Supersymmetry, Noncommutativity and Matrix Models" (2006) ISBN:3-540-33313-4.The present extensive lecture supplies a pedagogical introduction, at the non-expert level, to the attractor mechanism in space-time singularities. In sucha framework, supersymmetry seems to be related to dynamical systems with fixedpoints, describing the equilibrium state and the stability features of thethermodynamics of black holes. After a qualitative overview, explicit examplesrealizing the attractor mechanism are treated at some length; they includerelevant cases of asymptotically flat, maximal and non-maximal, extendedsupergravities in 4 and 5 dimensions. A number of recent advances alongvarious directions of research on the attractor mechanism are also given. SN - 3540341560 TI - Supersymmetric Mechanics, Volume II: The Attractor Mechanism and Space Time Singularities PB - Springer KW - bh KW - strings KW - sugra KW - susy AU - Bellucci, Stefano AU - Ferrara, Sergio AU - Marrani, Alessio PY - 2006/10/19/ UR - http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike09-20&path=ASIN/3540341560 ER -