Two-dimensional SCFTs from D3-branes
High Energy Physics - Theory
2016-11-07 v2
Abstract
We find a large class of two-dimensional SCFTs obtained by compactifying four-dimensional quiver gauge theories on a Riemann surface. We study these theories using anomalies and -extremization. The gravitational duals to these fixed points are new AdS solutions of IIB supergravity which we exhibit explicitly. Along the way we uncover a universal relation between the conformal anomaly coefficients of four-dimensional and two-dimensional SCFTs connected by an RG flow across dimensions. We also observe an interesting novel phenomenon in which the superconformal R-symmetry mixes with baryonic symmetries along the RG flow.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1511.09462,
title = {Two-dimensional SCFTs from D3-branes},
author = {Francesco Benini and Nikolay Bobev and P. Marcos Crichigno},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1511.09462},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
55 pages, 2 figures. v2: minor correction and some typos fixed