Topological AdS/CFT and gravitational free energy

Topological AdS/CFT and gravitational free energy

I will describe holographic duals to topologically twisted gauge theories on Riemannian four- and three-manifolds. Imposing boundary conditions for the supergravity fields corresponding to the topological twists, the renormalised supergravity action is independent of the choice of boundary metric. Under additional regularity assumptions, the on-shell action can be evaluated and shown to always vanish, which provides a prediction for the large N limit of topologically twisted theories.

Cambridge University

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Date

9 November 2018
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Time

14h15 – 14h15

Location

Salle Claude Itzykson, Bât. 774
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