Non-supersymmetric Conifold

TL;DR

This paper presents a new family of stable, non-supersymmetric solutions in IIB supergravity that are dual to a perturbed N=1 cascading conifold theory, revealing simple gravity structures despite complex field dynamics.

Contribution

It introduces novel non-supersymmetric, stable supergravity solutions dual to a perturbed conifold theory, expanding understanding of gauge/gravity correspondence beyond supersymmetric cases.

Findings

Solutions are stable perturbatively.

Gravity duals have Ricci-flat non-Kahler metrics.

Solutions feature imaginary self-dual flux and constant dilaton.

Abstract

We find a new family of non-supersymmetric numerical solutions of IIB supergravity which are dual to the N=1 cascading "conifold" theory perturbed by certain combinations of relevant single trace and marginal double trace operators with non infinitesimal couplings. The SUSY is broken but the resulting ground states, and their gravity duals, remain stable, at least perturbatively.Despite the complicated field theory dynamics the gravity solutions have a simple structure. They feature the Ricci-flat non-Kahler metric on the deformed conifold and the imaginary self-dual three-form flux accompanied by a constant dilaton.