Supersymmetric localization in AdS₅ and the protected chiral algebra

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Abstract: calN=4 super Yang-Mills theory admits cite{Beem:2013sza} a protected subsector isomorphic to a two-dimensional chiral algebra, obtained by passing to the cohomology of a certain supercharge. In the large N limit, we expect this chiral algebra to have a dual description as a subsector of IIB supergravity on AdS5imesS5. This subsector can be carved out by a version of supersymmetric localization, using the bulk analog of the boundary supercharge. We illustrate this procedure in a simple model, the theory of an calN=4 vector multiplet in AdS5, for which a convenient off-shell description is available. This model can be viewed as the simplest truncation of the full AdS5imesS5 supergravity, in which case the vector multiplet should be taken in the adjoint representation of mathfrakgF=mathfraksu(2)F. Localization yields Chern-Simons theory on AdS3 with gauge algebra mathfrakgF, whose boundary dual is the affine Lie algebra widehatmathfrakgF. We comment on the generalization to the full bulk theory. We propose that the large N limit of the chiral algebra of calN=4 SYM is again dual to Chern-Simons theory, with gauge algebra a suitable higher-spin superalgebra.




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