Black holes as probes of moduli space geometry. (English) Zbl 07693933
Summary: We argue that supersymmetric BPS states can act as efficient finite energy probes of the moduli space geometry thanks to the attractor mechanism. We focus on 4d \(\mathcal{N} = 2\) compactifications and capture aspects of the effective field theory near the attractor values in terms of physical quantities far away in moduli space. Furthermore, we illustrate how the standard distance in moduli space can be related asymptotically to the black hole mass. We also compute a measure of the resolution with which BPS black holes of a given mass can distinguish far away points in the moduli space. The black hole probes may lead to a deeper understanding of the Swampland constraints on the geometry of the moduli space.
MSC:
| 83C57 | Black holes |
| 83E30 | String and superstring theories in gravitational theory |
| 83C47 | Methods of quantum field theory in general relativity and gravitational theory |
| 81T30 | String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory |
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