Properties of some conformal field theories with M-theory duals

Jerome P. Gauntlett, Eoin Ó Colgáin, Oscar Varela

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

73 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

By studying classes of supersymmetric solutions of D ≤ 11 supergravity with AdS5 factors, we determine some properties of the dual four-dimensional N ≤ 1 superconformal field theories. For some explicit solutions we calculate the central charges and also the conformal dimensions of certain chiral primary operators arising from wrapped membranes. For the most general class of solutions we show that there is a consistent Kaluza-Klein truncation to minimal D ≤ 5 gauged supergravity. This latter result allows us to study some aspects of the dual strongly coupled thermal plasma with a non-zero R-charge chemical potential and, in particular, we show that the ratio of the shear viscosity to the entropy density has the universal value of 1/4π.

Original languageEnglish
Article number049
JournalJournal of High Energy Physics
Volume2007
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Feb 2007
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • AdS-CFT correspondence
  • M-theory

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Properties of some conformal field theories with M-theory duals'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this