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What is the subject of investigation in superconformal field theories?

Extended conformal defects

How are defects characterized?

By broken and preserved symmetries

In a d-dimensional SCFT, what subgroup does a p-dimensional conformal defect preserve?

SO(p, 2) × SO(d − p)

What is the first factor of the conformal symmetry in a conformal defect?

<p>The conformal symmetry acting on the world volume of the defect</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the second factor of the conformal symmetry in a conformal defect?

<p>The rotational symmetry in the transverse directions</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of symmetry does the second factor of the conformal symmetry act like?

<p>A global symmetry on the degrees of freedom localized on the defect</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the two categories of holographic description of defects?

<p>Brane placed in the bulk spacetime and fully back reacted solution of the supergravity</p> Signup and view all the answers

In the first category of holographic description, what is neglected in the probe approximation?

<p>Gravitational back reaction of the brane</p> Signup and view all the answers

In the second category of holographic description, what factors are used to construct the solution?

<p>AdS and sphere factors warped over a base space</p> Signup and view all the answers

What can the base space be in the second category of holographic description?

<p>A line or a Riemann surface with boundary</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main focus of the paper?

<p>The holographic description of p = 4 dimensional defects in d = 6 dimensional SCFTs.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the gauge symmetry in the seven-dimensional gauged supergravity?

<p>U(1) × U(1)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the relation between the constructed solutions and black hole solutions?

<p>The constructed solutions are obtained from double analytic continuation of black hole solutions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the dimensionality of the SCFTs considered in the paper?

<p>Six-dimensional</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the dimensionality of the defects described in the paper?

<p>Four-dimensional</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the symmetry group of the gauged supergravity theory?

<p>SO(5)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the role of the spindle solutions in the compactifications?

<p>They correspond to novel compactifications dual to four-dimensional SCFTs where supersymmetry is preserved.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the dimensionality of the gauged supergravity theory?

<p>Seven-dimensional</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the truncation of the gauged supergravity theory considered in the paper?

<p>Maximal N = 4, SO(5) gauged supergravity with U(1) × U(1) gauge symmetry and two scalars.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the number of preserved supersymmetries for the extremal solution with one nonzero charge?

<p>Half of the thirty-two supersymmetries of the gauged supergravity theory.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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