Compactification of 6d $\mathcal{N}=(1,0)$ quivers, 4d SCFTs and their holographic dual Massive IIA backgrounds

Abstract

In this paper we study an infinite family of Massive Type IIA backgrounds that holographically describe the twisted compactification of $\mathcal{N}=(1,0)$ six-dimensional SCFTs to four dimensions. The analysis of the branes involved suggests a four dimensional linear quiver QFT, that deconstructs the theory in six dimensions. For the case in which the system reaches a strongly coupled fixed point, we calculate some observables that we compare with holographic results. Two quantities measuring the number of degrees of freedom for the flow across dimensions are studied.

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