New Supergravity Backgrounds Dual to N=1 SQCD-like Theories with N_f=2N_c

TL;DR

This paper constructs new supergravity backgrounds with smeared flavor branes that are dual to N=1 SQCD-like theories with equal numbers of flavors and colors, and analyzes their properties and dual field theory dynamics.

Contribution

It introduces novel supergravity solutions with backreacted flavor branes for N_f=2N_c SQCD-like theories, including stability and supersymmetry analysis.

Findings

Supergravity backgrounds dual to N=1 SQCD-like theories with N_f=2N_c.

Numerical results for Wilson loops and beta functions in the dual theories.

Validation of the backgrounds' consistency and supersymmetry.

Abstract

We present new supergravity backgrounds generated by N_c D5-branes, wrapping the S^2 of the resolved conifold, in the presence of N_f = 2 N_c smeared flavor D5-branes. The smearing allows us to take their backreaction on the geometry into account. We discuss the consistency, stability, and supersymmetry of these types of setups. We find near horizon geometries that we expect to be supergravity duals of SQCD-like theories with N_f= 2N_c. From these backgrounds we numerically extract rectangular Wilson loops and beta functions of the dual field theory for the regime where our approximations are valid.