Four-Dimensional SCFTs from M5-Branes

TL;DR

This paper constructs a new class of four-dimensional N=1 superconformal field theories via M5-branes wrapped on complex curves, providing dual AdS_5 backgrounds and verifying their central charges through anomaly calculations.

Contribution

It introduces a large set of new 4D SCFTs from M5-branes, constructs their gravity duals, and confirms their properties with anomaly polynomial checks.

Findings

New AdS_5 M-theory backgrounds for these SCFTs

Explicit dual 4D CFT constructions for some solutions

Verification of central charges via anomaly polynomial

Abstract

We engineer a large new set of four-dimensional N=1 superconformal field theories by wrapping M5-branes on complex curves. We present new supersymmetric AdS_5 M-theory backgrounds which describe these fixed points at large N, and then directly construct the dual four-dimensional CFTs for a certain subset of these solutions. Additionally, we provide a direct check of the central charges of these theories by using the M5-brane anomaly polynomial. This is a companion paper which elaborates upon results reported in arXiv:1112:5487.