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Surface defects in holographic 5d SCFTs

High Energy Physics - Theory 2021-06-03 v2

Abstract

We use holography to study codimension-2 surface defects in 5d SCFTs engineered by (p,q)(p,q) 5-brane webs. The three-dimensional defects are realized by D3-branes ending on the brane web. We identify the holographic representation of the defects in Type IIB AdS6AdS_6 solutions as probe D3-branes, and study conformal and non-conformal defects which, respectively, preserve one half and one quarter of the supersymmetry. For a sample of 5d SCFTs, including the TNT_N theories, we provide explicit solutions for conformal and non-conformal defects. For the conformal defects we obtain their contribution to the free energy on S5S^5.

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@article{arxiv.2012.14547,
  title  = {Surface defects in holographic 5d SCFTs},
  author = {Michael Gutperle and Christoph F. Uhlemann},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2012.14547},
  year   = {2021}
}

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21 pages, 8 figures; v2: JHEP version, updated references

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