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M5-branes wrapped on a spindle

  • Pietro Ferrero
  • , Jerome P. Gauntlett
  • , Dario Martelli
  • , James Sparks
  • Imperial College London
  • University of Turin
  • National Institute for Nuclear Physics
  • Arnold-Regge Center
  • University of Oxford

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Abstract

We construct supersymmetric AdS5 × Σ solutions of D = 7 gauged supergravity, where Σ is a two-dimensional orbifold known as a spindle. These uplift on S4 to solutions of D = 11 supergravity which have orbifold singularites. We argue that the solutions are dual to d = 4, N = 1 SCFTs that arise from N M5-branes wrapped on a spindle, embedded as a holomorphic curve inside a Calabi-Yau three-fold. In contrast to the usual topological twist solutions, the superconformal R-symmetry mixes with the isometry of the spindle in the IR, and we verify this via a field theory calculation, as well as reproducing the gravity formula for the central charge.

Original languageEnglish
Article number2
JournalJournal of High Energy Physics
Volume2021
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2021

Keywords

  • AdS-CFT Correspondence
  • Anomalies in Field and String Theories
  • Gauge-gravity correspondence
  • M-Theory

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