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Integrable $\lambda$-deformations: Squashing Coset CFTs and $AdS_5\times S^5$

High Energy Physics - Theory 2015-08-26 v2

Abstract

We examine integrable λ\lambda-deformations of SO(n+1)/SO(n)SO(n+1)/SO(n) coset CFTs and their analytic continuations. We provide an interpretation of the deformation as a squashing of the corresponding coset σ\sigma-model's target space. We realise the λ\lambda-deformation for n=5n=5 case as a solution to supergravity supported by non-vanishing five-form and dilaton. This interpolates between the coset CFT SO(4,2)/SO(4,1)×SO(6)/SO(5)SO(4,2)/SO(4,1)\times SO(6)/SO(5) constructed as a gauged WZW model and the non-Abelian T-dual of the AdS5×S5AdS_5\times S^5 spacetime.

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@article{arxiv.1504.02781,
  title  = {Integrable $\lambda$-deformations: Squashing Coset CFTs and $AdS_5\times S^5$},
  author = {Saskia Demulder and Konstantinos Sfetsos and Daniel C. Thompson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1504.02781},
  year   = {2015}
}

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30 pages; v2 journal version with note added

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