Abstract
We exploit the presence of moduli fields in the , where or , solution to type IIB superstring theory, to construct a -fold solution with geometry . This is achieved by giving a nontrivial dependence of the moduli fields in ( for and for ), on the coordinate of a compact direction along the boundary of , so that these scalars, as functions of , describe a geodesic on the corresponding moduli space. The backreaction of these evolving scalars on spacetime amounts to a splitting of into with a nontrivial monodromy along defined by the geodesic. Choosing the monodromy matrix in , this supergravity solution is conjectured to be a consistent superstring background. We generalize this construction starting from an ungauged theory in , odd, describing scalar fields nonminimally coupled to () forms and featuring solutions with topology , and moduli scalar fields. We show, in this general setting, that giving the moduli fields a geodesic dependence on the coordinate of an at the boundary of is sufficient to split this space into , with a monodromy along defined by the starting and ending points of the geodesic. This mechanism seems to be at work in the known -fold solutions in type IIB theory and hints toward the existence of similar solutions in the type IIB theory compactified on . We argue that the holographic dual theory on these backgrounds is a CFT on an interface in the theory at the boundary of the original .
- Received 19 January 2024
- Accepted 22 March 2024
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.109.086018
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