Supersymmetric backgrounds from λ-deformations

Abstract

Abstract We provide the first supersymmetric embedding of an integrable λ-deformation to type-II supergravity. Specifically, that of the near horizon of the NS1-NS5 brane intersection, geometrically corresponding to AdS 3 × S 3 × T 4. We show that the deformed background preserves 1/4 of the maximal supersymmetry. In the Penrose limit we show that it preserves no-more than one half of the maximal supersymmetry.

Keywords

• Conformal Field Models in String Theory
• Sigma Models
• Integrable Field Theories
• String Duality