Holographic CFTs on $AdS_d\times S^n$ and conformal defects
Abstract
We consider ()-dimensional solutions of Einstein gravity with constant negative curvature. Regular solutions of this type are expected to be dual to the ground states of ()-dimensional holographic CFTs on . Their only dimensionless parameter is the ratio of radii of curvatures of and . The same solutions may also be dual to -dimensional conformal defects in holographic QFT. We solve the gravity equations with an associated conifold ansatz, and we classify all solutions both singular and regular by a combination of analytical and numerical techniques. There are no solutions, regular or singular, with two boundaries along the holographic direction. Out of the infinite class of regular solutions, only one is diffeomorphic to and another to . For the regular solutions, we compute the on-shell action as a function of the relevant parameters.
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@article{arxiv.2309.04880,
title = {Holographic CFTs on $AdS_d\times S^n$ and conformal defects},
author = {Ahmad Ghodsi and Elias Kiritsis and Francesco Nitti},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2309.04880},
year = {2023}
}
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75 pages, 23 figures