Shockwaves in black hole microstate geometries

TL;DR

This paper constructs new supersymmetric three-charge microstate solutions with shockwaves, providing insights into black hole microstates, quantum chaos, and holographic duality, with results matching CFT predictions.

Contribution

It introduces the first asymptotically flat supersymmetric three-charge microstate solutions with shockwaves and establishes their holographic duals, advancing the understanding of black hole microstates.

Findings

Constructed new microstate solutions with shockwaves

Identified dual states in the D1-D5 CFT

Achieved agreement between gravity and CFT calculations

Abstract

Gravitational solutions involving shockwaves have attracted significant recent interest in the context of black holes and quantum chaos. Certain classes of supersymmetric two-charge black hole microstates are described by supergravity solutions containing shockwaves, that are horizonless and smooth away from the shockwave. These configurations have been used to describe how black hole microstates absorb and scramble perturbations. In this paper we construct the first family of asymptotically flat supersymmetric three-charge microstate solutions that contain shockwaves. We identify a family of holographically dual states of the D1-D5 CFT and show that these pass a set of tests, including a precision holographic test. We find precise agreement between gravity and CFT. Our results may prove useful for constructing more general families of black hole microstate solutions.