New punctures for six-dimensional compactifications

2025/10/20 by Fabio Apruzzi, Noppadol Mekareeya, Apruzzi, Fabio +5 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · Mathematics · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Algebraic structures and combinatorial models #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2510.17972

Abstract

Six-dimensional superconformal field theories (SCFTs) give rise to four-dimensional (4d) ones when compactified on Riemann surfaces. In the N=(2,0) case, this yields the famous class S family. For N=(1,0) theories that arise from linear unitary quivers, the holographic duals of the 4d theories are known in massive IIA supergravity, but only without punctures. Working in the probe approximation, we identify all possible BPS punctures in these models and characterize them by computing their defect Weyl anomalies. For class S, our results reproduce the known expressions in the appropriate limit. In the more general N=(1,0) case, they predict new 4d SCFTs and their large-N anomaly coefficients.

Citations

• From Weyl Anomaly to Defect Supersymmetric Rényi Entropy and Casimir Energy
• Higher-dimensional Willmore energies via minimal submanifold asymptotics
• 4d N=1 from 6d N=(1,0) on a torus with fluxes
• 4d N=1 from 6d (1,0)
• Universal consistent truncation for 6d/7d gauge/gravity duals
• N=1 theories of class S_k
• Supersymmetric AdS₅ solutions of massive IIA supergravity
• Wall-crossing, Hitchin Systems, and the WKB Approximation
• The gravity duals of N=2 superconformal field theories

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