Lifshitz black holes in string theory

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We provide the first black hole solutions with Lifshitz asymptotics found in string theory.

• These are expected to be dual to models enjoying anisotropic scale invariance with dynamical exponent z=2 at finite temperature.
• We employ a consistent truncation of type IIB supergravity to four dimensions with an arbitrary 5-dimensional Einstein manifold times a circle as internal geometry.
• New interesting features are found that significantly differ from previous results in phenomenological models.