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Integrable Holographic Defect CFTs

High Energy Physics - Theory 2024-06-05 v2

Abstract

We review a class of integrable, supersymmetric defect conformal field theories which have holographic duals in the form of probe brane models. Our main examples are defect versions of N=4 SYM and ABJM theory, both involving a domain wall with Nahm pole boundary conditions, and the case of a 't Hooft line embedded in N=4 SYM. The field theory defect respectively the probe D-brane can be described as an integrable boundary state of the integrable system underlying the AdS/CFT correspondence.

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@article{arxiv.2401.17144,
  title  = {Integrable Holographic Defect CFTs},
  author = {Charlotte Kristjansen and Konstantin Zarembo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2401.17144},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

19 pages, 6 figures. Based on talks at "Gravity, Strings and Fields: A Conference in Honour of Gordon Semenoff"; v2: eq. (33) corrected, refs. added

R2 v1 2026-06-28T14:32:01.201Z