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In this paper we study an AdS5 solution constructed using non-Abelian T-duality, acting on the Klebanov-Witten background. We show that this is dual to a linear quiver with two tails of gauge groups of increasing rank. The field theory dynamics arises from a D4-NS5-NS5’ brane set-up, generalizing the constructions discussed by Bah and Bobev. These realize \( \mathcal{N}=1 \) quiver gauge theories built out of \( \mathcal{N}=1 \) and \( \mathcal{N}=2 \) vector multiplets flowing to interacting fixed points in the infrared. We compute the central charge using a-maximization, and show its precise agreement with the holographic calculation. Our result exhibits n 3 scaling with the number of five-branes. This suggests an eleven-dimensional interpretation in terms of M5-branes, a generic feature of various AdS backgrounds obtained via non-Abelian T-duality.
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Itsios, G., Lozano, Y., Montero, J. et al. The AdS 5 non-Abelian T-dual of Klebanov-Witten as a \( \mathcal{N}=1 \) linear quiver from M5-branes. J. High Energ. Phys. 2017, 38 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP09(2017)038
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