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Holographic Renormalization of Probe D-Branes in AdS/CFT

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-11-11 v2

Abstract

We perform holographic renormalization for probe branes in AdS_5 x S^5. We show that for four known probe D-branes wrapping an AdS_m x S^n, the counterterms needed to render the action finite are identical to those for the free, massive scalar in AdS_m plus counterterms for the renormalization of the volume of AdS_m. The four cases we consider are the probe D7, two different probe D5's and a probe D3. In the D7 case there are scheme-dependent finite counterterms that can be fixed by supersymmetry.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0512125,
  title  = {Holographic Renormalization of Probe D-Branes in AdS/CFT},
  author = {Andreas Karch and Andy O'Bannon and Kostas Skenderis},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0512125},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

22 pages; minor corrections, 5 references added, added calculation of boundary two-point functions from fluctuations in AdS