1/4 BPS AdS$_3$/CFT$_2$

TL;DR

This paper presents new AdS$_3$ solutions in massive Type IIA supergravity with ${ m AdS}_3 imes S^2$ geometry, proposing a duality with specific quiver gauge theories and exploring connections to six-dimensional ${ m N}=(1,0)$ CFTs.

Contribution

It introduces novel supergravity backgrounds with ${ m AdS}_3 imes S^2$ factors and establishes a duality with a family of ${ m N}=(0,4)$ quiver gauge theories, including a dimensional flow connection.

Findings

New ${ m AdS}_3$ solutions in massive Type IIA supergravity.

A proposed duality with specific ${ m N}=(0,4)$ quiver gauge theories.

Evidence from central charges supporting the duality.

Abstract

We discuss new solutions in massive Type IIA supergravity with AdS$_3\times$S$^2$ factors, preserving ${\cal N}=(0,4)$ SUSY. We propose a duality with a precise family of quivers that flow to ${\cal N}=(0,4)$ fixed points at low energies. These quivers consist on two families of linear quivers coupled by matter fields. Physical observables such as the central charges provide stringent checks of the proposed duality. A formal mapping is presented connecting our backgrounds with those dual to six dimensional ${\cal N}=(1,0)$ CFTs, suggesting the existence of a flow across dimensions between the CFTs.