Gravitational free energy in topological AdS/CFT

DOI10.1007/JHEP09(2018)100zbMATH Open1398.83026arXiv1804.08625OpenAlexW3105027476WikidataQ126148195 ScholiaQ126148195MaRDI QIDQ1797337FDOQ1797337

Authors: Pietro Benetti Genolini, Paul Richmond, James Sparks 

Publication date: 19 October 2018

Published in: Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We define and study a holographic dual to the topological twist of $mathcalN=4$ gauge theories on Riemannian three-manifolds. The gravity duals are solutions to four-dimensional $mathcalN=4$ gauged supergravity, where the three-manifold arises as a conformal boundary. Following our previous work, we show that the renormalized gravitational free energy of such solutions is independent of the boundary three-metric, as required for a topological theory. We then go further, analyzing the geometry of supersymmetric bulk solutions. Remarkably, we are able to show that the gravitational free energy of any smooth four-manifold filling of any three-manifold is always zero. Aided by this analysis, we prove a similar result for topological AdS${}_5$/CFT${}_4$. We comment on the implications of these results for the large $N$ limits of topologically twisted gauge theories in three and four dimensions, including the ABJM theory and $mathcalN=4$ $SU(N)$ super-Yang-Mills, respectively.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1804.08625

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zbMATH Keywords

AdS-CFT correspondenceextended supersymmetrysupersymmetric gauge theorytopological field theories

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Topological field theories in quantum mechanics (81T45) Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics (81T60) Gravitational energy and conservation laws; groups of motions (83C40) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05)

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