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Maximally symmetric nuts in 4d $\mathcal{N}=2$ higher derivative supergravity

High Energy Physics - Theory 2023-03-01 v2

Abstract

We initiate a systematic study of supersymmetric backgrounds in 4d N=2\mathcal{N}=2 Euclidean supergravity in the presence of infinite towers of higher derivative corrections. Adopting a Gibbons-Hawking view towards the evaluation of the action in terms of nuts and bolts, we consider the two maximally symmetric vacua R4\mathbb{R}^4 and H4\mathbb{H}^4 (Euclidean AdS4_4) and their unique supersymmetric deformations with (anti-) self-dual Maxwell tensors corresponding to a single nut at the center. These are the Omega background of Nekrasov-Okounkov, ΩR4\Omega\, \mathbb{R}^4, and its generalization with a cosmological constant of Martelli-Passias-Sparks, denoted ΩH4\Omega\, \mathbb{H}^4 (also known as the gravity dual of the U(1)×U(1)U(1) \times U(1) squashed sphere). We write down the BPS configurations in the superconformal formalism in the presence of vector multiplets and derive the corresponding off- and on-shell actions. Our results provide a rigorous proof for important parts of the conjecture in arXiv:2111.06903 and its holographic corollary in arXiv:2204.02992, which we discuss in detail along with extensions such as the addition of hypermultiplets and the presence of conical defects.

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@article{arxiv.2212.10590,
  title  = {Maximally symmetric nuts in 4d $\mathcal{N}=2$ higher derivative supergravity},
  author = {Kiril Hristov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2212.10590},
  year   = {2023}
}

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35 pages; v2 minor correction