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A deformation of AdS_5 x S^5

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-11-10 v2

Abstract

We analyse a one parameter family of supersymmetric solutions of type IIB supergravity that includes AdS_5 x S^5. For small values of the parameter the solutions are causally well-behaved, but beyond a critical value closed timelike curves (CTC's) appear. The solutions are holographically dual to N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory on a non-conformally flat background with non-vanishing R-currents. We compute the holographic energy-momentum tensor for the spacetime and show that it remains finite even when the CTC's appear. The solutions, as well as the uplift of some recently discovered AdS_5 black hole solutions, are shown to preserve precisely two supersymmetries.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0406188,
  title  = {A deformation of AdS_5 x S^5},
  author = {Jerome P. Gauntlett and Jan B. Gutowski and Nemani V. Suryanarayana},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0406188},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

16 pages, v2: typos corrected and references added