IIB Duals of D=3 N=4 Circular Quivers

Benjamin Assel (1) , Constantin P. Bachas (1) , John Estes (2) , Jaume Gomis (3)

1 LPTENS - Laboratoire de Physique Théorique de l'ENS [École Normale Supérieure]
2 Instituut voor Theoretische Fysica
3 Perimeter Institute

We construct the type-IIB $AdS_4\times K$ supergravity solutions which are dual to the three-dimensional ${\cal N}=4$ superconformal field theories that arise as infrared fixed points of circular-quiver gauge theories. These superconformal field theories are labeled by a triple $(\rho,\hat \rho,L)$ subject to constraints, where $\rho$ and $\hat \rho$ are two partitions of a number $N$, and $L$ is a positive integer. We show that in the limit of large $L$ the localized five-branes in our solutions are effectively smeared, and these type-IIB solutions are dual to the near-horizon geometry of M-theory M2-branes at a $\mathbb{C}^4/(Z_k\times Z_{\hat k})$ orbifold singularity. There is no known M-theory description, on the other hand, that captures the dependence on the full generic data $(\rho,\hat \rho,L)$. The constraints satisfied by this data, together with the enhanced non-abelian flavour symmetries of the superconformal field theories are precisely reproduced by the type-IIB supergravity solutions. As a bonus, we uncover a novel type of "orbifold equivalence" between different quantum field theories and provide quantitative evidence for this equivalence.

Mots clés: High Energy Physics; Theory

Domaines: Physique des Hautes Energies - Théorie [hep-th]

Benjamin Assel, Constantin P. Bachas, John Estes, Jaume Gomis. IIB Duals of D=3 N=4 Circular Quivers. 2012. ⟨hal-00741252⟩