Abstract
We investigate the thermodynamical features of two Lorentzian signature backgrounds that arise in string theory as exact CFTs and possess more than two disconnected asymptotic regions: the 2-d charged black hole and the Nappi-Witten cosmological model. We find multiple smooth disconnected Euclidean versions of the charged black hole background. They are characterized by different temperatures and electro-chemical potentials. We find that there is no straightforward analog of the Hartle-Hawking state that would express these thermodynamical features. We also obtain multiple Euclidean versions of the Nappi-Witten cosmological model and study their singularity structure. It suggests to associate a non-isotropic temperature with this background.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 102-115 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | Fortschritte der Physik |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue number | 2-3 |
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| State | Published - Feb 2006 |