Entropy of the self-dual string soliton

TL;DR

This paper calculates the entropy and central charge of the self-dual string soliton in supergravity using the blackfold approach to analyze the M2-M5 intersection.

Contribution

It introduces a novel application of the blackfold method to compute properties of the self-dual string soliton in supergravity.

Findings

Entropy of the self-dual string is computed.

Central charge of the soliton is determined.

Blackfold approach effectively describes the M2-M5 intersection.

Abstract

We compute the entropy and the corresponding central charge of the self-dual string soliton in the supergravity regime using the blackfold description of the fully localized M2-M5 intersection.