Do supersymmetric anti-de Sitter black rings exist?
Abstract
We determine the most general near-horizon geometry of a supersymmetric,
asymptotically anti-de Sitter, black hole solution of five-dimensional minimal
gauged supergravity that admits two rotational symmetries. The near-horizon
geometry is that of the supersymmetric, topologically spherical, black hole
solution of Chong et al. This proves that regular supersymmetric anti-de Sitter
black rings with two rotational symmetries do not exist in minimal
supergravity. However, we do find a solution corresponding to the near-horizon
geometry of a supersymmetric black ring held in equilibrium by a conical
singularity, which suggests that nonsupersymmetric anti-de Sitter black rings
may exist but cannot be "balanced" in the supersymmetric limit.