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We use holography to compute the large-N effective field theory along the moduli space of vacua of an infinite class of three-dimensional \( \mathcal{N} \) = 2 SCFTs admitting a dual M-theory description. We focus in particular on toric models and show how the spectrum of large R-charge SCFT chiral scalar operators corresponds to a set of explicit semiclassical solutions of our effective field theory, which describe bound states of backreacting giant gravitons and baryonic-like M5-branes. Our semiclassical description allows for a direct computation of the scaling dimensions of these operators and provides a starting point for a semiclassical investigation of the SCFT data in the large R-charge sector. We consider the models corresponding to the Y 12(ℙ2) and Q111 Sasaki-Einstein spaces as explicit examples.
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Cremonesi, S., Lanza, S. & Martucci, L. Semiclassics of three-dimensional SCFTs from holography. J. High Energ. Phys. 2022, 111 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP10(2022)111
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