Holographic deformations of matrix models
Abstract
We study maximal supergravity in two dimensions, obtained from reduction of IIA supergravity on an sphere. The theory captures the low-lying fluctuations around the non-conformal D0-brane near-horizon geometry, dual to operators in the BFSS matrix model. Upon exciting some of the supergravity scalars, we construct half-supersymmetric domain wall solutions preserving subgroups of the original symmetry. We determine their uplift to ten dimensions and the corresponding distributions of D0-branes. Finally, we compute the fluctuations around these domain wall backgrounds, corresponding to holographic two-point correlation functions in the Coulomb branch of the matrix model.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2503.15954,
title = {Holographic deformations of matrix models},
author = {Alfred Bovon and Henning Samtleben and Dimitrios Tsimpis},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.15954},
year = {2025}
}
Comments
47 pages, 13 figures, v3: Added comments, references, and an extended appendix on the holographic map. Version to appear in JHEP