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AdS/CFT dual pairs from M5-branes on Riemann surfaces

Ibrahima Bah, Christopher Beem, Nikolay Bobev, and Brian Wecht
Phys. Rev. D 85, 121901(R) – Published 14 June 2012

Abstract

In this letter we describe an infinite family of new N=1 AdS5/CFT4 dual pairs which arise from M5-branes wrapping Riemann surfaces in Calabi-Yau threefolds. We use the relevant brane constructions to compute the central charges of the infrared fixed points from the M5-brane anomaly polynomial. We then present AdS5×M6 solutions of 11-dimensional supergravity which are dual to these conformal field theories (CFTs) at large N. Finally, we provide a purely four-dimensional field theory construction which flows to a special class of these fixed points. These theories are further elaborated upon in a companion paper [I. Bah, C. Beem, N. Bobev, and B. Wecht, arXiv:1203.0303.].

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  • Received 6 March 2012

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.85.121901

© 2012 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Ibrahima Bah1, Christopher Beem2, Nikolay Bobev2, and Brian Wecht3,4

  • 1Michigan Center for Theoretical Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
  • 2Simons Center for Geometry and Physics, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3636, USA
  • 3Center for the Fundamental Laws of Nature, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
  • 4Centre for Research in String Theory, Queen Mary, University of London, London E1 4NS, United Kingdom

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Vol. 85, Iss. 12 — 15 June 2012

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