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Finding $AdS^{5} \times S^{5}$ in 2+1 dimensional SCFT physics

High Energy Physics - Theory 2021-12-08 v2

Abstract

We study solutions of type IIB string theory dual to N=4{\cal N}=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory on half of R3,1\mathbb{R}^{3,1} coupled to holographic three-dimensional superconformal field theories (SCFTs) at the edge of this half-space. The dual geometries are asymptotically AdS5×S5AdS^5 \times S^5 with boundary geometry R2,1×R+\mathbb{R}^{2,1} \times \mathbb{R}^+, with a geometrical end-of-the-world (ETW) brane cutting off the other half of the asymptotic region of the would-be Poincar\'e AdS5×S5AdS^5 \times S^5. We show that by choosing the 3D SCFT appropriately, this ETW brane can be pushed arbitrarily far towards the missing asymptotic region, recovering the "missing" half of Poincar\'e AdS5×S5AdS^5 \times S^5. We also show that there are 3D SCFTs whose dual includes a wedge of Poincar\'e AdS5×S5AdS^5 \times S^5 with an angle arbitrarily close to π\pi, with geometrical ETW branes on either side.

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@article{arxiv.2109.04479,
  title  = {Finding $AdS^{5} \times S^{5}$ in 2+1 dimensional SCFT physics},
  author = {Mark Van Raamsdonk and Chris Waddell},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2109.04479},
  year   = {2021}
}

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