Punctures from Probe M5-Branes and N=1 Superconformal Field Theories
Abstract
We study probe M5-branes in N=1 AdS5 solutions of M-theory that arise from M5-branes wrapped on a Riemann surface. Using the BPS condition from kappa-symmetry, we classify supersymmetric probe M5-branes that extend along all of AdS5 and intersect the Riemann surface at points. These can be viewed as punctures in the dual N=1 superconformal field theories. We find M5-branes that correspond to the two types of simple punctures previously studied in field theory. In addition, when the central charge is rational, we find a new class of M5-branes with a moduli space that includes two internal dimensions in addition to the Riemann surface. These new M5-branes have the essential characteristic of fractional branes, in that a single one at a generic point of its moduli space becomes multiple M5-branes at special points.
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@article{arxiv.1312.6687,
title = {Punctures from Probe M5-Branes and N=1 Superconformal Field Theories},
author = {Ibrahima Bah and Maxime Gabella and Nick Halmagyi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1312.6687},
year = {2015}
}
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29 pages, 9 figures