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Supersymmetric $\mathbb{WCP}^n$, AdS near horizons and orbifolds

High Energy Physics - Theory 2025-12-02 v2

Abstract

We construct and study the supersymmetry properties of the weighted projective spaces WCP2\mathbb{WCP}^2 and WCP3\mathbb{WCP}^3. These are topologically CPn\mathbb{CP}^n with n+1n+1 orbifold singularities and as such are higher dimensional analogues of the ``spindle'' or WCP1\mathbb{WCP}^1. We use these to construct interesting supersymmetric orbifolds of canonical near horizon geometries of relevance to the AdS/CFT correspondence. Interestingly, for certain tunings of their integer weights, and unlike the spindle, round WCP2\mathbb{WCP}^{2} and WCP3\mathbb{WCP}^{3} are compatible with supersymmetry beyond the realm of gauged supergravity. This allows one to construct interesting supersymmetric solutions in type II supergravity such as AdS5×WCP2×S1_5\times\mathbb{WCP}^{2}\times\text{S}^1 and AdS4×WCP3_4\times \mathbb{WCP}^3 via duality. We also leverage our results to construct a supersymmetric AdS3_3 solution containing a topological T(1,1)\mathbb{T}^{(1,1)} space with 4 orbifold singularities.

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@article{arxiv.2511.19624,
  title  = {Supersymmetric $\mathbb{WCP}^n$, AdS near horizons and orbifolds},
  author = {Andrea Conti and Niall T. Macpherson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2511.19624},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

v2: References added and minor improvements and corrections