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hep-th2013★ 6 cited

D-instanton probe and the enhançon mechanism from a quiver gauge theory

Eduardo Conde, Micha Moskovic

We study the field theory realized by D3-branes on the orbifold. The dual supergravity solution exhibits a repulson singularity cured b…

hep-th2013★ 21 cited

An inverse scattering formalism for STU supergravity

Despoina Katsimpouri, Axel Kleinschmidt, Amitabh Virmani

STU supergravity becomes an integrable system for solutions that effectively only depend on two variables. This class of solutions includes the Kerr solution and its charged genera…

hep-th2013★ 21 cited

Gribov gap equation at finite temperature

Fabrizio Canfora, Pablo Pais, Patricio Salgado-Rebolledo

In this paper the Gribov gap equation at finite temperature is analyzed. The solutions of the gap equation (which depend explicitly on the temperature) determine the structure of t…

hep-th2013★ 25 cited

D-Brane Probes in the Matrix Model

Frank Ferrari

Recently, a new approach to large N gauge theories, based on a generalization of the concept of D-brane probes to any gauge field theory, was proposed. In the present note, we comp…

hep-th2013★ 106 cited

Dyonic AdS black holes in maximal gauged supergravity

David D. K. Chow, Geoffrey Compère

We present two new classes of dyonic anti-de Sitter black hole solutions of 4-dimensional maximal N=8, SO(8) gauged supergravity. They are: (1) static black holes of N=2, U(1)^4 ga…

hep-th2013★ 100 cited

Comments on holographic current algebras and asymptotically flat four dimensional spacetimes at null infinity

Glenn Barnich, Cédric Troessaert

We follow the spirit of a recent proposal to show that previous computations for asymptotically flat spacetimes in four dimensions at null infinity can be re-interpreted in terms o…

hep-th2013★ 18 cited

2D Quantum Gravity at One Loop with Liouville and Mabuchi Actions

Adel Bilal, Frank Ferrari, Semyon Klevtsov

We study a new two-dimensional quantum gravity theory, based on a gravitational action containing both the familiar Liouville term and the Mabuchi functional, which has been shown…

hep-th2013★ 88 cited

Einstein-Yang-Mills theory : I. Asymptotic symmetries

Glenn Barnich, Pierre-Henry Lambert

Asymptotic symmetries of the Einstein-Yang-Mills system with or without cosmological constant are explicitly worked out in a unified manner. In agreement with a recent conjecture,…

hep-th2013★ 36 cited

Unquenched massive flavors and flows in Chern-Simons matter theories

Yago Bea, Eduardo Conde, Niko Jokela +1

We construct a holographic dual to the three-dimensional ABJM Chern-Simons matter theory with unquenched massive flavors. The flavor degrees of freedom are introduced by means of D…

hep-th2013★ 17 cited

Supercurrent multiplet correlators at weak and strong coupling

Riccardo Argurio, Matteo Bertolini, Lorenzo Di Pietro +2

Correlators of gauge invariant operators provide useful information on the dynamics, phases and spectra of a quantum field theory. In this paper, we consider N=1 supersymmetric the…

hep-th2013★ 30 cited

Gauge Theories, D-Branes and Holography

Frank Ferrari

Based on a generalization of the string theoretic concept of D-brane probe, we propose a new approach to large N gauge theories which makes the holographic properties manifest. For…

hep-th2013★ 43 cited

Gravitational Interactions of Higher-Spin Fermions

Marc Henneaux, Gustavo Lucena Gomez, Rakibur Rahman

We investigate the cubic interactions of a massless higher-spin fermion with gravity in flat space and present covariant 2-s-s vertices, compatible with the gauge symmetries of the…

hep-th2013★ 70 cited

Seed for general rotating non-extremal black holes of N=8 supergravity

David D. K. Chow, Geoffrey Compère

We describe the most general asymptotically flat, stationary, non-extremal, dyonic black hole of the four-dimensional N = 2 supergravity coupled to 3 vector multiplets that describ…

hep-th2013★ 9 cited

Sources for Generalized Gauge Fields

Claudio Bunster, Marc Henneaux

Generalized gauge fields are tensor fields with mixed symmetries. For gravity and higher spins in dimensions greater than four, the fundamental field in the "magnetic representatio…

hep-th2013★ 40 cited

Coexistence of two vector order parameters: a holographic model for ferromagnetic superconductivity

Andrea Amoretti, Alessandro Braggio, Nicola Maggiore +2

We study a generalization of the standard holographic p-wave superconductor featuring two interacting vector order parameters. Basing our argument on the symmetry and linear respon…

hep-th2013★ 87 cited

Chemical potentials in three-dimensional higher spin anti-de Sitter gravity

Marc Henneaux, Alfredo Perez, David Tempo +1

We indicate how to introduce chemical potentials for higher spin charges in higher spin anti-de Sitter gravity in a manner that manifestly preserves the original asymptotic W-symme…

hep-th2013★ 207 cited

All AdS_7 solutions of type II supergravity

Fabio Apruzzi, Marco Fazzi, Dario Rosa +1

In M-theory, the only AdS_7 supersymmetric solutions are AdS_7 x S^4 and its orbifolds. In this paper, we find and classify new supersymmetric solutions of the type AdS_7 x M_3 in…

hep-th2013★ 4 cited

Fermions, Wigs, and Attractors

L. G. C. Gentile, P. A. Grassi, A. Marrani +1

We compute the modifications to the attractor mechanism due to fermionic corrections. In N=2, D=4 supergravity, at the fourth order, we find a new contribution to the horizon value…

hep-th2013★ 10 cited

Partial Gauge Fixing and Equivariant Cohomology

Frank Ferrari

Given a gauge theory with gauge group G, it is sometimes useful to find an equivalent formulation in terms of a non-trivial gauge subgroup H of G. This amounts to fixing the gauge…

hep-th2013★ 45 cited

Observables and Microscopic Entropy of Higher Spin Black Holes

Geoffrey Compère, Juan I. Jottar, Wei Song

In the context of recently proposed holographic dualities between higher spin theories in AdS3 and 1+1-dimensional CFTs with W-symmetry algebras, we revisit the definition of highe…

hep-th2013★ 26 cited

On the higher-spin charges of conical defects

Andrea Campoleoni, Stefan Fredenhagen

The conical defect solutions in higher-spin gauge theories on 2+1 dimensional space-times with AdS-asymptotics are conjectured to correspond to certain primary fields in the dual c…

hep-th2013★ 38 cited

Consistent Non-Minimal Couplings of Massive Higher-Spin Particles

Ignacio Cortese, Rakibur Rahman, M. Sivakumar

The mutual compatibility of the dynamical equations and constraints describing a massive particle of arbitrary spin, though essential for consistency, is generically lost in the pr…

hep-th2013★ 26 cited

Multi-Loop Zeta Function Regularization and Spectral Cutoff in Curved Spacetime

Adel Bilal, Frank Ferrari

We emphasize the close relationship between zeta function methods and arbitrary spectral cutoff regularizations in curved spacetime. This yields, on the one hand, a physically soun…

hep-th2013★ 22 cited

Twisted Self-Duality for Linearized Gravity in D dimensions

Claudio Bunster, Marc Henneaux, Sergio Hörtner

The linearized Einstein equations in D spacetime dimensions can be written as twisted self-duality equations expressing that the linearized curvature tensor of the graviton describ…