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Janus on the Brane

High Energy Physics - Theory 2020-09-17 v2

Abstract

We present a non-supersymmetric deformation of probe branes describing conformal defects of codimension two in AdS/CFT. The worldvolume of the probe branes is deformed from AdSp×S1AdS_{p}\times S^1 embedded in an AdSp+2×MDp2AdS_{p+2} \times \mathcal M^{D-p-2} background to an embedding of Janus form, which uses an AdSp1AdS_{p-1} slicing of AdSpAdS_p and in which the brane bends along the slicing coordinate. In field theory terms this realizes conformal interfaces on codimension-two defects. We discuss these "Janus on the brane" solutions for AdS3×S1AdS_3\times S^1 D3-branes in the AdS5×S5AdS_5\times S^5 solution of Type IIB, realizing interfaces on surface defects in N=4\mathcal N=4 SYM, and show that similar solutions exist for probe branes in AdSp+2×S9pAdS_{p+2}\times S^{9-p} vacua of M-theory and in the AdS6×S4AdS_6\times S^4 solution of massive Type IIA.

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@article{arxiv.2003.12080,
  title  = {Janus on the Brane},
  author = {Michael Gutperle and Christoph F. Uhlemann},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.12080},
  year   = {2020}
}

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21 pages, 1 figure, 2 faces; v2: published version

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