JHEP, 02, 235 (2026)
Higher-derivative heterotic Kerr-Sen black holes
Peng-Ju Hu1, Liang Ma1, Yi Pang1,2 and Robert J. Saskowskiand1
1 Center for Joint Quantum Studies and Department of Physics, School of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China.
2 Peng Huanwu Center for Fundamental Theory, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China.
* pangyi1@tju.edu.cn
Abstract
We obtain the four-derivative corrections to the Kerr-Sen solution in heterotic supergravity, which includes the Gibbons-Maeda-Garfinkle-Horowitz-Strominger solution as a limiting case. In particular, we first embed the Kerr solution into heterotic supergravity and compute the higher-derivative corrections. We then obtain the corrections to the Kerr-Sen solution by performing an O(2,1) boost of the Kerr solution, which, in contrast to the two-derivative case, requires field redefinitions to make the O(2,1) invariance of the action manifest. Finally, we compute the multipole moments and find that they are distinct from those of the Kerr solution at the four-derivative level. We also find that the multipole moments are distinct from those of the Kerr-Newman solution in Einstein-Maxwell theory at the four-derivative level, even for the most general choice of four-derivative corrections. This gives a way to experimentally distinguish traces of string theory in gravitational wave data.
