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In this work we present new solutions of type IIB supergravity based on wrapped D5 branes. We propose that two of these backgrounds are holographically dual to Quantum Field Theories that confine. The high energy regime of the field theories is that of a Little String Theory. We study various observables (Wilson and ’t Hooft loops, Entanglement entropy, density of degrees of freedom and the spectrum of spin-two glueballs, among others). We also present two new black membrane backgrounds and analyse some thermodynamic aspects of these solutions.
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We would like to thank: Andrés Anabalón, Riccardo Argurio, Adi Armoni, Marcelo Rezende Barbosa, Nikolay Bobev, Fabrizio Canfora, Yolanda Lozano, Niall Macpherson, Horatiu Nastase, Julio Oliva, Alfonso V. Ramallo, Diego Rodriguez-Gomez, Simon Ross and Alessandro Tomasiello for various discussions and for sharing with us their ideas and knowledge. This work is supported by STFC grants ST/X000648/1 and ST/T000813/1. The work of M.O. is partially funded by Beca ANID de Doctorado 21222264. The work of R.S. is supported by STFC grant ST/W507878/1.
C.N. would like to add few words: Fidel A. Schaposnik passed away on July 29th 2023. Fidel taught me very many interesting things (bosonisation, topological defects, WZW, TQFTs, Path Integral, etc). Not very successfully, he tried to teach me how to be a good professional physicist. He would have liked to like some of my works. This paper is dedicated to the memory of Fidel A. Schaposnik. Hoping that when Laura and Fidelito read this, remember their father and smile.
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Nunez, C., Oyarzo, M. & Stuardo, R. Confinement and D5-branes. J. High Energ. Phys. 2024, 80 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP03(2024)080
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