Defect CFT in the 6d (2,0) theory from M2 brane dynamics in AdS7 × S 4

Abstract Surface operators in the 6d (2,0) theory at large N have a holographic description in terms of M2 branes probing the AdS7 × S 4 M-theory background. The most symmetric, 1/2-BPS, operator is defined over a planar or spherical surface, and it preserves a 2d superconformal group. This includes...

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Main Authors: Nadav Drukker, Simone Giombi, Arkady A. Tseytlin, Xinan Zhou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-07-01
Series:Journal of High Energy Physics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/JHEP07(2020)101