Toric geometry and the dual of I-extremization
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Author(s)
Gauntlett, Jerome P
Martelli, Dario
Sparks, James
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
We consider d=3, N=2 gauge theories arising on membranes sitting at the apex of an arbitrary toric Calabi-Yau 4-fold cone singularity that are then further compactified on a Riemann surface, Σg, with a topological twist that preserves two supersymmetries. If the theories flow to a superconformal quantum mechanics in the infrared, then they have a D=11 supergravity dual of the form AdS2×Y9, with electric four-form flux and where Y9 is topologically a fibration of a Sasakian Y7 over Σg. These D=11 solutions are also expected to arise as the near horizon limit of magnetically charged black holes in AdS4×Y7, with a Sasaki-Einstein metric on Y7. We show that an off-shell entropy function for the dual AdS2 solutions may be computed using the toric data and Kähler class parameters of the Calabi-Yau 4-fold, that are encoded in a master volume, as well as a set of integers that determine the fibration of Y7 over Σg and a Kähler class parameter for Σg. We also discuss the class of supersymmetric AdS3×Y7 solutions of type IIB supergravity with five-form flux only in the case that Y7 is toric, and show how the off-shell central charge of the dual field theory can be obtained from the toric data. We illustrate with several examples, finding agreement both with explicit supergravity solutions as well as with some known field theory results concerning I-extremization.
Date Issued
2019-06-28
Date Acceptance
2019-06-20
Citation
The Journal of High Energy Physics, 2019, 140
ISSN
1029-8479
Publisher
Springer Verlag (Germany)
Journal / Book Title
The Journal of High Energy Physics
Volume
140
Copyright Statement
© 2019 The Authors. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 4.0), which permits any use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited.
Sponsor
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
Commission of the European Communities
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Identifier
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FJHEP06%282019%29140
Grant Number
EP/K034456/1
339140
ST/P000762/1
Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Physics, Particles & Fields
Physics
AdS-CFT Correspondence
Gauge-gravity correspondence
Black Holes in String Theory
Supersymmetric Gauge Theory
SASAKI-EINSTEIN MANIFOLDS
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2019-06-28