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Aspects of Irregular Punctures via Holography

High Energy Physics - Theory 2022-12-14 v2

Abstract

We present new families of AdS5AdS_5 solutions in M-theory preserving 4d N=2{\mathcal N = 2} supersymmetry. We perform a systematic analysis of holographic observables for these solutions, providing evidence for an interpretation in terms of 4d superconformal field theories (SCFTs) of Argyres-Douglas type, realized in class S\mathcal S via a sphere with one irregular, and one regular puncture. The gravity solutions exhibit internal M5-brane sources that correspond to the irregular puncture. For a family of solutions, we identify explicitly the class S\mathcal S puncture data and perform a detailed match, including Higgs branch operators. For other families we comment on proposed field theory duals, based on irregular punctures labeled by nested Young tableaux.

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@article{arxiv.2207.10094,
  title  = {Aspects of Irregular Punctures via Holography},
  author = {Ibrahima Bah and Federico Bonetti and Emily Nardoni and Thomas Waddleton},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2207.10094},
  year   = {2022}
}

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50 pages plus appendices, 11 figures