Black holes and Large $N$ complex saddles in 3D-3D correspondence

TL;DR

This paper investigates the oscillatory behavior of twisted indices in 3D theories derived from M5-branes on hyperbolic 3-manifolds, linking supergravity solutions and topological invariants through holography and mathematical conjecture.

Contribution

It connects the imaginary parts of supergravity on-shell actions with topological invariants, proposing a new mathematical conjecture related to Reidemeister-Ray-Singer torsion.

Findings

Holographic interpretation of sign oscillations via supergravity solutions.

Identification of the imaginary part of on-shell actions with Chern-Simons invariants.

Proposal of a mathematical conjecture linking phase factors to torsion on hyperbolic 3-manifolds.

Abstract

We study the large $ N$ sign oscillation of the twisted indices for 3D theories of class $\mathcal{R}$ obtained from M5-branes wrapped on a hyperbolic 3-manifold. Holographically, the oscillatory behavior can be understood from the imaginary part of on-shell actions for the two Euclidean supergravity solutions, Bolt$_{\pm}$ with $p=0$, which are Wick rotation of magnetically charged AdS$_4$ black holes. The two solutions have the same imaginary part with opposite sign. The imaginary part comes from the $F\wedge F$-term in the supergravity and the coefficient is proportional to the Chern-Simons invariant of 3-manifold. Combining the holographic computation with 3D-3D relation for twisted indices, we propose a non-trivial mathematical conjecture regarding the phase factor of a twisted Reidemeister-Ray-Singer torsion on hyperbolic 3-manifold.