Conformal to confining SQFTs from holography
High Energy Physics - Theory
2024-07-30 v3
Abstract
In this paper we present three new families of smooth Type II string theory backgrounds. These are dual to supersymmetry-preserving deformations of 4d SCFTs. The deformations include a VEV for a global current and a `twisted compactification' on a circle. We study various holographic aspects of the dual QFTs, focusing on Wilson loops and Entanglement Entropy. Additionally, we present a monotonic quantity calculating the density of degrees of freedom in terms of the energy, which interpolates between the IR 3d gapped theory and the 4d SCFT result. Other probes related to global aspects of the QFTs are briefly discussed.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2405.05563,
title = {Conformal to confining SQFTs from holography},
author = {Dimitrios Chatzis and Ali Fatemiabhari and Carlos Nunez and Peter Weck},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.05563},
year = {2024}
}
Comments
19 pages. Two figures. Some additions to the text. References updated. Version to appear in JHEP