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$\kappa$-symmetric M5 brane web for defects in $AdS_7 / CFT_6$ holography

High Energy Physics - Theory 2026-01-28 v2

Abstract

In this work, we will continue our analysis of some general probe M5 brane solutions from our previous work in AdS7×S4AdS_7 \times S^4 spacetime (appeared in arxiv:2109.08551). These are codimension-2 in AdS7AdS_7 and preserve at least 2 supercharges when the worldvolume 3-form flux field strength is zero. We will turn on the field strength and find that the embedding conditions are modified, excluding certain branes contained in the previous result. The new main result here is very general, so we pick simpler embedding conditions that describe highly symmetric examples that preserve half of the supersymmetry of the 11 dimensions. When the flux field is zero, worldvolumes have AdS5×S1AdS_5 \times S^1 topology. We turn the flux field value non-zero in these examples and analyze how the shape of the worldvolume deforms as supersymmetry is broken by some additional fractions.

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@article{arxiv.2503.07262,
  title  = {$\kappa$-symmetric M5 brane web for defects in $AdS_7 / CFT_6$ holography},
  author = {Varun Gupta},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.07262},
  year   = {2026}
}

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version 2; 21 pages + appendices, 2 figures