AdS type IIB twist as BCOV theory with a sourced five-form

Let C2={z1=z2=z3=0}C5\mathbb{C}^2=\{z_1=z_2=z_3=0\}\subset\mathbb{C}^5 and let r=z12+z22+z32r=\sqrt{|z_1|^2+|z_2|^2+|z_3|^2} be the radius normal to C2\mathbb{C}^2. Let FΩ3,2(C5C2)F\in\Omega^{3,2}(\mathbb{C}^5\setminus\mathbb{C}^2) be the five-form specified by the source, with coefficient NN in the AdS background. AdS twist conjecture. The twist of type IIB supergravity on the AdS5×S5AdS_5\times S^5 background is BCOV theory on C5C2\mathbb{C}^5\setminus\mathbb{C}^2, with the field FF taking the displayed value

F=N34iπ3dz1dz2dz3r6(z1dz2dz3z2dz1dz3+z3dz1dz2).F=N\frac{3}{4i\pi^3}\,\mathrm{d}z_1\,\mathrm{d}z_2\,\mathrm{d}z_3\,r^{-6}\left(\overline z_1\,\mathrm{d}\overline z_2\,\mathrm{d}\overline z_3-\overline z_2\,\mathrm{d}\overline z_1\,\mathrm{d}\overline z_3+\overline z_3\,\mathrm{d}\overline z_1\,\mathrm{d}\overline z_2\right).

Here FF is equivalently characterized by F=NδC2\overline\partial F=N\delta_{\mathbb{C}^2} with tempered distributional extension. The conjecture proposes that the RR five-form is the only non-metric component contributing to the twisted AdS background; this remains conjectural.

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Kevin Costello and Si Li, “Twisted supergravity and its quantization”, arXiv:1606.00365 (2016).

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