Thermodynamics of the Near-Extremal NS5-brane

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dc.creatorHarmark, T.
dc.creatorObers, N. A.
dc.date2005-10-12
dc.date2005-10-25
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:06:12Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T11:06:12Z
dc.descriptionWe consider the thermodynamics of the near-extremal NS5-brane in type IIA string theory. The central tool we use is to map phases of six-dimensional Kaluza-Klein black holes to phases of near-extremal M5-branes with a transverse circle in eleven-dimensional supergravity. By S-duality these phases correspond to phases of the near-extremal type IIA NS5-brane. One of our main results is that in the canonical ensemble the usual near-extremal NS5-brane background, dual to a uniformly smeared near-extremal M5-brane, is subdominant to a new background of near-extremal M5-branes localized on the transverse circle. This new stable phase has a limiting temperature, which lies above the Hagedorn temperature of the usual NS5-brane phase. We discuss the limiting temperature and compare the different behavior of the NS5-brane in the canonical and microcanonical ensembles. We also briefly comment on the thermodynamics of near-extremal Dp-branes on a transverse circle.
dc.description22 pages, 6 figures. v2: Added clarifying remarks on relation to previous work on thermodynamics of NS5-brane. Refs added
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0510098
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0510098
dc.identifierNucl.Phys.B742:41-58,2006
dc.identifierdoi:10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2006.01.045
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/189443
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Theory
dc.titleThermodynamics of the Near-Extremal NS5-brane
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