Physical Review Letters
Publication date:
1998-11-01
Volume:
81
Pages:
4553 -
4556
Publisher:
American Physical Society
Author:
Claus, Piet
Derix, Martijn ; Kallosh, R ; Kumar, J ; Townsend, PK ; Van Proeyen, Antoine
Keywords:
quantum-mechanics, Science & Technology, Physical Sciences, Physics, Multidisciplinary, Physics, QUANTUM-MECHANICS, hep-th, 01 Mathematical Sciences, 02 Physical Sciences, 09 Engineering, General Physics, 40 Engineering, 49 Mathematical sciences, 51 Physical sciences
Abstract:
The dynamics of a (super)particle near the horizon of an extreme Reissner-Nordstrom black hole is shown to be governed by an action that reduces to a (super)conformal mechanics model in the limit of large black hole mass. [S0031-9007(98)07631-5].