70 research outputs found
Backreacted flavor in non-commutative gauge theories
We construct the gravity dual of N = 1 Non-Commutative SYM theory coupled to N_f smeared massless fundamental flavors. Our solution is analytic and non-perturbative. Near the origin the background reduces to the one corresponding to an ordinary SYM theory. At large radial distances, the dilaton diverges signaling the presence of a UV Landau pole. Considering a probe D3âbrane we calculate the effective YM coupling and show that it is independent on the parameter of non-commutativity. We calculate the corresponding beta function and show that it remains positive at all energy scales
Mesons from (non) Abelian T-dual backgrounds
In this work we study mesonic excitations in a Quantum Field Theory dual to
the non Abelian T-dual of , using a D6 brane probe on the
Sfetsos-Thompson background. Before and after the duality, we observe
interesting differences between the spectra and interpret them. The spectrum of
masses and the interactions among mesonic excitations teach valuable lessons
about the character of non-Abelian T-duality and its implications for
Holography. The case of Abelian T-duality is also studied.Comment: 26 pages plus many long appendice
Spacetimes for λ-deformations
We examine a recently proposed class of integrable deformations to two-dimensional conformal field theories. These {\lambda}-deformations interpolate between a WZW model and the non-Abelian T-dual of a Principal Chiral Model on a group G or, between a G/H gauged WZW model and the non-Abelian T-dual of the geometric coset G/H. {\lambda}-deformations have been conjectured to represent quantum group q-deformations for the case where the deformation parameter is a root of unity. In this work we show how such deformations can be given an embedding as full string backgrounds whose target spaces satisfy the equations of type-II supergravity. One illustrative example is a deformation of the Sl(2,R)/U(1) black-hole CFT. A further example interpolates between the SU(2)ĂSU(2)SU(2)ĂSL(2,R)ĂSL(2,R)SL(2,R)ĂU(1)4 gauged WZW model and the non-Abelian T-dual of AdS3ĂS3ĂT4 supported with Ramond flux
Type IIB supergravity solutions with AdS5 from Abelian and non-Abelian T dualities
We present a large class of new backgrounds that are solutions of type IIB
supergravity with a warped AdS factor, non-trivial axion-dilaton,
-field and three-form Ramond-Ramond flux but yet have no five-form flux. We
obtain these solutions and many of their variations by judiciously applying
non-Abelian and Abelian T-dualities, as well as coordinate shifts to
AdS IIB supergravity solutions with . We address a number of issues pertaining to charge quantization in
the context of non-Abelian T-duality. We comment on some properties of the
expected dual super conformal field theories by studying their CFT central
charge holographically. We also use the structure of the supergravity Page
charges, central charges and some probe branes to infer aspects of the dual
super conformal field theories.Comment: 71 pages, one table. v2: References added, some normalizations
corrected, results unchange
Beta function of k deformed AdS5 Ă S 5 string theory
We calculate the one loop beta function for the would-be marginal coupling on
the world sheet of the k deformed sigma models associated to a quantum group
with q=exp(i pi/k). This includes the bosonic principal chiral models and
symmetric space sigma models but also the k deformed semi-symmetric space sigma
model describing strings in a deformation of AdS_5 x S^5. The world sheet sigma
model is a current-current deformation of the gauged WZW model for the
supergroup PSU(2,2|4) with level k. In the string theory context the beta
function is shown to vanish because of the vanishing of the Killing form of
PSU(2,2|4) which is another piece of evidence that the k deformed theories
define consistent string theories.Comment: 26 pages, some typos correcte
New N =1 supersymmetric AdS 5 backgrounds in type IIA supergravity
We present a family of N=1 supersymmetric backgrounds in type-IIA supergravity and their lifts to eleven-dimensional supergravity. These are of the form AdS5ĂX5 and are characterised by an SU(2) structure. The internal space, X5, is obtained from the known Sasaki-Einstein manifolds, Yp,q, via an application of non-Abelian T-duality
Field theory aspects of non-Abelian T-duality and N = 2 linear quivers
In this paper we propose a linear quiver with gauge groups of increasing rank as field theory dual to the AdS 5 background constructed by Sfetsos and Thompson through non-Abelian T-duality. The formalism to study 4d îșN = 2 SUSY CFTs developed by Gaiotto and Maldacena is essential for our proposal. We point out an interesting relation between (Hopf) Abelian and non-Abelian T-dual backgrounds that allows to see both backgrounds as different limits of a solution constructed by Maldacena and NĂșñez. This suggests different completions of the long quiver describing the CFT dual to the nonAbelian T-dual background that match different observables
The non-integrability of strings in massive type IIA and their holographic duals
In this work we study various aspects of six-dimensional
SCFTs. We consider the construction of their string duals in Massive IIA and
discuss some observables in given examples. We study the dynamics of string
solitons wrapping and rotating on the Massive IIA background and show that the
associated Hamiltonian system is both non-integrable and chaotic, implying the
non-integrability of the dual CFT. Our procedure is analytic, using well
developed mathematical techniques, and numerical, by the explicit calculation
of power spectra, Lyapunov coefficients and Poincar\'e sections.Comment: 28 pages plus appendices. Various figures. Some clarifications and
references adde
Holographic flows in non-Abelian T-dual geometries
We use non-Abelian T-duality to construct new N=1 solutions of type IIA supergravity (and their M-theory lifts) that interpolate between AdS_5 geometries. We initiate a study of the holographic interpretation of these backgrounds as RG flows between conformal fixed points. Along the way we give an elegant formulation of non-Abelian T-duality when acting on a wide class of backgrounds, including those corresponding to such flows, in terms of their SU(2) structure
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