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Moduli space of $$ \mathcal{N} $$ = 4 super Yang-Mills from AdS/CFT

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: A bstract We study $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 4 super Yang-Mills theory compactified on an S 1 at zero temperature, with VEVs for two scalar bilinears and three independent current sources. We show that type IIB supergravity provides a complete holographic description of this setup, admitting both supersymmetric and non-supersymmetric AdS-soliton solutions that are asymptotically AdS 5 and smooth in the IR. The current sources correspond in 2+1 dimensions to Q-ball charge densities for U(1) 3 ⊂ SO(6) R , and are geometrically realized as twists along three angular directions of the S 5 . We demonstrate that the bulk dynamics encodes the full vacuum structure of the dual field theory and explicitly reconstruct the supersymmetric moduli space.

Source: Journal of High Energy Physics

DOI: 10.1007/jhep05(2026)251

Authors: Andrés Anabalón, Horatiu Nastase, Carlos Nunez, Marcelo Oyarzo, Ricardo Stuardo

Institutions: University of Concepción, Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Swansea University, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Universidad de Oviedo

Language: English

Topic: Black Holes and Theoretical Physics

Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: diamond