AdS black holes, holography and localization

A Zaffaroni - Living Reviews in Relativity, 2020 - Springer
I review some recent progresses in counting the number of microstates of AdS
supersymmetric black holes in dimension equal or greater than four using holography. The …

Black hole microstates in AdS4 from supersymmetric localization

F Benini, K Hristov, A Zaffaroni - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2016 - Springer
A bstract This paper addresses a long standing problem, the counting of the microstates of
supersymmetric asymptotically AdS black holes in terms of a holographically dual field …

Multiple Membranes in M-theory

J Bagger, N Lambert, S Mukhi, C Papageorgakis - Physics Reports, 2013 - Elsevier
We review developments in the theory of multiple, parallel membranes in M-theory. After
discussing the inherent difficulties with constructing a maximally supersymmetric lagrangian …

Towards the F-theorem: field theories on the three-sphere

DL Jafferis, IR Klebanov, SS Pufu, BR Safdi - Journal of High Energy …, 2011 - Springer
For 3-dimensional field theories with\(\mathcal {N}= 2\) supersymmetry the Euclidean path
integrals on the three-sphere can be calculated using the method of localization; they …

[HTML][HTML] The complete superconformal index for N= 6 Chern–Simons theory

S Kim - Nuclear physics B, 2009 - Elsevier
We calculate the superconformal index for N= 6 Chern–Simons-matter theory with gauge
group U (N) k× U (N)− k at arbitrary allowed value of the Chern–Simons level k. The …

Spindle black holes in AdS4× SE7

K Hristov, M Suh - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2023 - Springer
A bstract We construct new classes of supersymmetric AdS 2× Σ solutions of 4d gauged
supergravity in presence of charged hypermultiplet scalars, with Σ the complex weighted …

Comments on 3d Seiberg-like dualities

F Benini, C Closset, S Cremonesi - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2011 - Springer
We study Seiberg-like dualities in three dimensional\(\mathcal {N}= 2\) supersymmetric
theories, emphasizing Chern-Simons terms for the global symmetry group, which affect …

A universal counting of black hole microstates in AdS4

F Azzurli, N Bobev, PM Crichigno, VS Min… - Journal of High Energy …, 2018 - Springer
A bstract Many three-dimensional\(\mathcal {N}= 2\) SCFTs admit a universal partial
topological twist when placed on hyperbolic Riemann surfaces. We exploit this fact to derive …

Supersymmetry on curved spaces and holography

C Klare, A Tomasiello, A Zaffaroni - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2012 - Springer
A bstract We study superconformal and supersymmetric theories on Euclidean four-and
three-manifolds with a view toward holographic applications. Preserved supersymmetry for …

Large N matrix models for 3d = 2 theories: twisted index, free energy and black holes

SM Hosseini, A Zaffaroni - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2016 - Springer
A bstract We provide general formulae for the topologically twisted index of a general three-
dimensional\(\mathcal {N}\)≥ 2 gauge theory with an M-theory or massive type IIA dual in …