Precision Test of Gauge-Gravity Duality with Flavor

Journal Article · Tue Dec 22 00:00:00 EST 2015 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.261601· OSTI ID:1595197

Karch, Andreas ^[1]; Robinson, Brandon ^[1]; Uhlemann, Christoph F. ^[1]

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1. Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States)

In this letter we put AdS/CFT dualities involving probe branes to a precision test. On the holographic side we use a new class of supersymmetric $D7$-brane embeddings into $$AdS_5×S^5$$, which allow to describe $N=4$ SYM coupled to massive $N=2$ supersymmetric flavors on $S^4$. With these embeddings we can compare holographic results to a field theory analysis of the free energy using supersymmetric localization. Localization allows us to get results at strong coupling, and hence to compare in detail to AdS/CFT. We find analytically matching results: a phase transition at the same critical mass in both calculations and matching free energies up to a scheme-dependent constant in both phases.

• Research Organization: Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
• Grant/Contract Number: SC0011637
• OSTI ID: 1595197
• Alternate ID(s): OSTI ID: 1234085
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 115, Issue 26; ISSN 0031-9007
• Publisher: American Physical Society (APS)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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