par Chethan, Krishnan ;Maccaferri, Carlo ;Singh, Harvendra
Référence The Journal of high energy physics, 2009, 5, 114
Publication Publié, 2009
Article révisé par les pairs
Résumé : The Chern-Simons level k of ABJM gauge theory captures the orbifolding in the dual geometry. This suggests that if we move the membranes away from the tip of the orbifold to a smooth point, it should trigger an RG flow that changes the level to k = 1 in the IR. We construct an explicit supergravity solution that is dual to this shift from generic k to k = 1. In the gauge theory side, we present arguments for why this shift is plausible at the end of the RG flow. We also consider a resolution of the orbifold for the case k = 4 (where explicit metrics can be found), and construct the smooth supergravity solution that interpolates between AdS 4 × S 7/ 4 and AdS 4 × S 7, corresponding to localized branes on the blown up six cycle. In the gauge theory, we make some comments about the dimension four operator dual to the resolution as well as the associated RG flow. © 2009 SISSA.