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arxiv: 1809.03503 · v3 · pith:W725AUWUnew · submitted 2018-09-10 · ✦ hep-th

Marginal deformations of 3d mathcal{N}=2 CFTs from AdS₄ backgrounds in generalised geometry

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keywords deformationsgeneralisedmarginaldeformationgeometrybackgroundscftsexactly
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We study exactly marginal deformations of 3d $\mathcal{N}=2$ CFTs dual to AdS$_4$ solutions in eleven-dimensional supergravity using generalised geometry. Focussing on Sasaki-Einstein backgrounds, we find that marginal deformations correspond to turning on a four-form flux on the internal space at first order. Viewing this as the deformation of a generalised structure, we derive a general expression for the four-form flux in terms of a holomorphic function. We discuss the explicit examples of S$^7$, Q$^{1,1,1}$ and M$^{1,1,1}$ and, using an obstruction analysis, find the conditions for the first-order deformations to extend all orders, thus identifying which marginal deformations are exactly marginal. We also show how the all-orders $\gamma$-deformation of Lunin and Maldacena can be encoded as a tri-vector deformation in generalised geometry and outline how to recover the supergravity solution from the generalised metric.

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