The Attractor Mechanism: Proceedings of the INFN-Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati School 2007 (Springer Proceedings in Physics, Vol. 134)

This book is based upon lectures presented in June 2007 at the INFN-Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati School on Attractor Mechanism, directed by Stefano Bellucci. The symposium included such prestigious lecturers as S. Ferrara, M. Günaydin, P. Levay, and T. Mohaupt. All lectures were given at a pedagogical, introductory level, which is reflected in the specific "flavor" of this volume. The book also benefits from extensive discussions about, and related reworking of, the various contributions. In addition, this volume contains contributions originating from short presentations of recent original results and an essay on the relation between complexity science and high-energy physics by A. Zichichi. It is the fourth volume in a series of books on the general topics of supersymmetry, supergravity, black holes and the attractor mechanism. Front Matter....Pages i-x SAM Lectures on Extremal Black Holes in d = 4 Extended Supergravity....Pages 1-30 Lectures on Spectrum Generating Symmetries and U-Duality in Supergravity, Extremal Black Holes, Quantum Attractors and Harmonic Superspace....Pages 31-84 Attractors, Black Holes and Multiqubit Entanglement....Pages 85-164 From Special Geometry to Black Hole Partition Functions....Pages 165-241 Complexity at the Fundamental Level....Pages 243-287 Non-supersymmetric Attractors in Symmetric Coset Spaces....Pages 289-315 Higher-Order String Effective Actions and Off-Shell d = 4 Supergravity....Pages 317-346 SAM lectures on extremal black holes in d=4 extended supergravity / Stefano Bellucci ... [et al.] Lectures on spectrum generating symmetries and U-duality in supergravity, extremal black holes, quantum attractors and harmonic superspace / Murat Günaydin Attractors, black holes and multiqubit entanglement / Péter Lévay From special geometry to black hole partition functions / Thomas Mohaupt Complexity at the fundamental level / Antonino Zichichi Non-supersymmetric attractors in symmetric coset spaces / Wei Li Higher-order string effective actions and off-shell d=4 supergravity / Filipe Moura.