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Warped $AdS_6\times S^2$ in Type IIB supergravity III: Global solutions with seven-branes

High Energy Physics - Theory 2018-01-17 v1

Abstract

We extend our previous construction of global solutions to Type IIB supergravity that are invariant under the superalgebra F(4)F(4) and are realized on a spacetime of the form AdS6×S2AdS_6 \times S^2 warped over a Riemann surface Σ\Sigma by allowing the supergravity fields to have non-trivial SL(2,R)SL(2,{\mathbb R}) monodromy at isolated punctures on Σ\Sigma. We obtain explicit solutions for the case where Σ\Sigma is a disc, and the monodromy generators are parabolic elements of SL(2,R)SL(2,{\mathbb R}) physically corresponding to the monodromy allowed in Type IIB string theory. On the boundary of Σ\Sigma the solutions exhibit singularities at isolated points which correspond to semi-infinite five-branes, as is familiar from the global solutions without monodromy. In the interior of Σ\Sigma, the solutions are everywhere regular, except at the punctures where SL(2,R)SL(2,{\mathbb R}) monodromy resides and which physically correspond to the locations of [p,q][p,q] seven-branes. The solutions have a compelling physical interpretation corresponding to fully localized five-brane intersections with additional seven-branes, and provide candidate holographic duals to the five-dimensional superconformal field theories realized on such intersections.

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@article{arxiv.1706.00433,
  title  = {Warped $AdS_6\times S^2$ in Type IIB supergravity III: Global solutions with seven-branes},
  author = {Eric D'Hoker and Michael Gutperle and Christoph F. Uhlemann},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1706.00433},
  year   = {2018}
}

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43 pages, 6 figures