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Scale separation on AdS3×S3 with and without supersymmetry

Aymeric Proust1,*, Henning Samtleben1,2,†, and Ergin Sezgin3,‡

  • *Contact author: aymeric.proust@ens-lyon.fr
  • †Contact author: henning.samtleben@ens-lyon.fr
  • ‡Contact author: sezgin@tamu.edu
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Phys. Rev. D 111, 126018 – Published 25 June, 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/mp1n-9vgy

Abstract

Six-dimensional chiral gauged Einstein-Maxwell supergravity admits a two-parameter rotating dyonic string solution whose near horizon limit is the direct product of three-dimensional Anti-De Sitter space and a squashed three-sphere S3. For a particular relation between the two parameters, the solution preserves 1/2 supersymmetry. We determine the complete Kaluza-Klein spectrum of the theory around these AdS3 backgrounds. For the supersymmetric backgrounds, the states organize into infinite towers of long and short multiplets of OSp(2|2). In a certain limit of parameters, both the supersymmetric and the nonsupersymmetric spectra exhibit scale separation. In the latter case there are five topologically massive vectors and five scalars retaining finite masses with integer conformal dimensions, and in the supersymmetric case there are supersymmetric partners with half integer conformal dimensions, while all other masses diverge.

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Phys. Rev. D 111, 126018– Published 25 June, 2025
  • Received 9 May 2025
  • Accepted 20 May 2025
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