Metric of the multiply wound rotating string

We consider a string wrapped many times around a compact circle in space, a nd let this string carry a right-moving wave which imparts momentum and ang ular momentum to the string. The angular momentum causes the strands of the 'multiwound' string to separate and cover the surface of a torus. We compu te the supergravity solution for this string configuration. We map this sol ution by dualities to the D1-D5 system with angular momentum that has been recently studied. We discuss how constructing this multiwound string soluti on may help us to relate the microscopic and macroscopic pictures of black hole absorption. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V All rights reserved.