A new covariant c-function is defined from extrinsic curvature of codimension-two bulk slices, unifying prior foliation-based definitions and exhibiting expected monotonic behavior in conformal, confining, and mixed-geometry string backgrounds.
AdS_6 solutions of type II supergravity
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Very few AdS_6 x M_4 supersymmetric solutions are known: one in massive IIA, and two IIB solutions dual to it. The IIA solution is known to be unique; in this paper, we use the pure spinor approach to give a classification for IIB supergravity. We reduce the problem to two PDEs on a two-dimensional space Sigma. M_4 is then a fibration of S^2 over Sigma; the metric and fluxes are completely determined in terms of the solution to the PDEs. The results seem likely to accommodate near-horizon limits of (p,q)-fivebrane webs studied in the literature as a source of CFT_5's. We also show that there are no AdS_6 solutions in eleven-dimensional supergravity.
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Classification of supersymmetric AdS3 solutions in 7d supergravity yielding M5-brane wrappings on WCP2 and spindle fibrations, with central charges matched via holography and c-extremization.
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Covariant unification of holographic c-functions
A new covariant c-function is defined from extrinsic curvature of codimension-two bulk slices, unifying prior foliation-based definitions and exhibiting expected monotonic behavior in conformal, confining, and mixed-geometry string backgrounds.
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M5 branes wrapping $\mathbb{WCP}^2$ and spindles fibred over constant curvature Riemann surfaces
Classification of supersymmetric AdS3 solutions in 7d supergravity yielding M5-brane wrappings on WCP2 and spindle fibrations, with central charges matched via holography and c-extremization.