Topological Holography: The Example of The D2-D4 Brane System

DOI10.21468/SCIPOSTPHYS.9.2.017MaRDI QIDQ6306132zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Nafiz Ishtiaque, Seyed Faroogh Moosavian, Yehao Zhou

Publication date 2 September 2018

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.21468/SCIPOSTPHYS.9.2.017

Abstract: We propose a toy model for holographic duality. The model is constructed by embedding a stack of $N$ D2-branes and $K$ D4-branes (with one dimensional intersection) in a 6D topological string theory. The world-volume theory on the D2-branes (resp. D4-branes) is 2D BF theory (resp. 4D Chern-Simons theory) with $mathrm{GL}_N$ (resp. $mathrm{GL}_K$) gauge group. We propose that in the large $N$ limit the BF theory on $mathbb{R}^2$ is dual to the closed string theory on $mathbb{R}^{2}imesmathbb{R}_{+}imes{S}^3$ with the Chern-Simons defect on $mathbbRimesmathbb{R}_{+}imes{S}^2$. As a check for the duality we compute the operator algebra in the BF theory, along the D2-D4 intersection -- the algebra is the Yangian of $mathfrak{gl}_K$. We then compute the same algebra, in the guise of a scattering algebra, using Witten diagrams in the Chern-Simons theory. Our computations of the algebras are exact (valid at all loops). Finally, we propose a physical string theory construction of this duality using a D3-D5 brane configuration in type IIB -- using supersymmetric twist and $Omega$-deformation.

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