Higher-Derivative Supergravity, Wrapped M5-branes, and Theories of Class $\mathcal{R}$

TL;DR

This paper explores the connections between higher-derivative supergravity, wrapped M5-branes, and theories of class R, providing new insights into supersymmetric partition functions, black hole entropy corrections, and Chern-Simons theory on hyperbolic manifolds.

Contribution

It constrains four-derivative supergravity coefficients using Chern-Simons theory and the 3d-3d correspondence, enabling calculation of subleading large-N terms in supersymmetric partition functions.

Findings

Calculated subleading large-N corrections to 3d SCFT partition functions.

Determined leading entropy correction for AdS4 black holes from wrapped M5-branes.

Proposed conjectures on Chern-Simons partition functions on hyperbolic three-manifolds.

Abstract

We study the interplay between four-derivative 4d gauged supergravity, holography, wrapped M5-branes, and theories of class $\mathcal{R}$. Using results from Chern-Simons theory on hyperbolic three-manifolds and the 3d-3d correspondence we are able to constrain the two independent coefficients in the four-derivative supergravity Lagrangian. This in turn allows us to calculate the subleading terms in the large-$N$ expansion of supersymmetric partition functions for an infinite class of three-dimensional $\mathcal{N}=2$ SCFTs of class $\mathcal{R}$. We also determine the leading correction to the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy of asymptotically AdS$_4$ black holes arising from wrapped M5-branes. In addition, we propose and test some conjectures about the perturbative partition function of Chern-Simons theory with complexified ADE gauge groups on closed hyperbolic three-manifolds.