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<dc:title>Black holes and solitons in string theory and M-theory: a low energy limit analysis</dc:title>
<dc:creator>Oyarzo, Marcelo</dc:creator>
<dc:contributor>Oyarzo, Marcelo</dc:contributor>
<dc:subject>Black hole</dc:subject>
<dc:subject> Soliton</dc:subject>
<dc:subject> Supergravity</dc:subject>
<dc:subject> Higher curvature corrections</dc:subject>
<dc:description>This thesis explores the effects of supersymmetry and higher-curvature corrections from&#xd;
superstring theory on black hole and soliton physics in different dimensions. The first order α&#xd;
′−corrections derived from heterotic string theory, up to a field redefinition,&#xd;
lead to Einstein-dilaton-Gauss-Bonnet theory. We construct the first-order correction of&#xd;
Schwarzschild black holes in arbitrary dimensions. In four dimensions, we show that the&#xd;
corrected backgrounds satisfy the first law of thermodynamics and allow the construction&#xd;
of slowly rotating black holes and accelerating black hole solutions in a perturbative&#xd;
approach. In five dimensions, we consider the α&#xd;
′&#xd;
-corrections to the black string background&#xd;
and the boosted black string. We construct the scalar perturbation of the metric field in&#xd;
the perturbative approach to assess the effect of α&#xd;
′ on the Gregory-Laflamme instability.&#xd;
We found that in the regime of validity of our approach, the instability window enlarges&#xd;
and grows with α&#xd;
′&#xd;
.&#xd;
In the context of the D = 5, N = 2 gauged STU model, we construct supersymmetric&#xd;
solitons, establishing new asymptotically locally AdS5 solutions with nontrivial boundary&#xd;
conditions for the gauge fields and their uplifts to type IIB supergravity. There exists a&#xd;
BPS limit for a specific relation between the boundary values of the gauge fields, leading&#xd;
to 1/8-BPS configurations. We study the phase diagram of this sector of the theory and&#xd;
found that, generally, there are two solitons for a given value of the boundary values of the&#xd;
gauge fields. Finally, we identify the states in supergravity that are dual to certain vacua&#xd;
in the dual field theory in the weak coupling and large N limit, labeled by the boundary&#xd;
conditions on the fields. This is done by computing the Casimir energy in the field theory&#xd;
in the weakly coupled limit and comparing it with the energy of the supergravity solution.&#xd;
The four-dimensional STU model in maximal gauged supergravity is studied for static&#xd;
electric and magnetic black holes with general horizon geometries. Thermodynamic&#xd;
stability analysis reveals unstable electric black holes for temperatures below certain&#xd;
value, including Reissner-Nordström. While magnetic BPS black holes demonstrate quasi stability. We find extremal non-BPS black holes, which are thermodynamically unstable.&#xd;
These results deepen the understanding of the interplay between string-inspired&#xd;
corrections, black hole physics, and supersymmetric stability criteria in different&#xd;
dimensions</dc:description>
<dc:date>2025</dc:date>
<dc:type>info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis</dc:type>
<dc:identifier>https://hdl.handle.net/11583/3007910</dc:identifier>
<dc:language>eng</dc:language>
<dc:relation>numberofpages:164</dc:relation>
<dc:rights>info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess</dc:rights>
<dc:rights>license:Creative commons</dc:rights>
<dc:rights>license:Creative commons</dc:rights>
<dc:rights>license uri:http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/</dc:rights>
<dc:rights>license uri:http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/</dc:rights>
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