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In the context of the black hole/string transition, it is useful to produce Euclidean string backgrounds representing hot and self-gravitating strings. We utilise analytical and numerical methods to find a smooth, stationary rotating solution in the heterotic string theory at high temperatures. The solution describes a spinning winding-momentum condensate living in three non-compact dimensions, and its backreaction on the thermal cycle. At low temperatures, we expect a transition between our solution to an analytical continuation of an axionic Kerr black hole.
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We thank Ramy Brustein, Yiming Chen, Gary Horowitz, Roberto Emparan, Raghu Mahajan, Emil Martinec, Sameer Murthy, Ashoke Sen, Kostas Skenderis, Marija Tomašević and David Turton for helpful discussions, and Óscar Dias for comments on an earlier version of this work. The work of J. E. Santos is partially supported by STFC consolidated grants ST/T000694/1 and ST/X000664/1. Y. Z. is supported by the Blavatnik Postdoctoral Fellowship.
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Santos, J.E., Zigdon, Y. Self gravitating spinning string condensates. J. High Energ. Phys. 2024, 217 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP07(2024)217
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