Equivariant localization for D=4 gauged supergravity

Journal article

We consider supersymmetric solutions of $D = 4$, $\mathcal{N} = 2$ Euclidean gauged supergravity coupled to an arbitrary number of vector multiplets. Such solutions admit an R-symmetry Killing vector, $\xi$, constructed as a bilinear in the Killing spinor. The Killing spinor bilinears can also be used to construct polyforms that are equivariantly closed under the action of the equivariant exterior derivative $d_{\xi}=d-\xi\!\;\lrcorner\;$. This allows one to compute various flux integrals and the on-shell action using localization, without solving any supergravity equations, just assuming the supersymmetric solutions exist. The flux integrals allow one to obtain important UV-IR relations, relating fixed point data in the bulk to data on the asymptotic AdS boundary, allowing one to express the gravitational free energy in terms of boundary SCFT data. We illustrate the formalism with a number of examples, including classes of solutions which are unlikely to be ever constructed in closed form.

Authors: Benetti Genolini, P; Gauntlett, J; Jiao, Y; Luscher, A; Sparks, J

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Peer reviewed
• Publisher: Springer Nature
• Journal: Journal of High Energy Physics
• Volume: 2025
• Issue: 8
• Article number: 211
• Publication date: 2025-08-26
• Acceptance date: 2025-07-16
• DOI: 10.1007/JHEP08(2025)211
• EISSN: 1029-8479
• ISSN: 1126-6708
• Language: English
• Keywords: black holes; AdS-CFT correspondence; supergravity models