# The AdS 5 non-Abelian T-dual of Klebanov-Witten as a $\mathcal{N}=1$ linear quiver from M5-branes

Journal of High Energy Physics, Sep 2017

In this paper we study an AdS5 solution constructed using non-Abelian T-duality, acting on the Klebanov-Witten background. We show that this is dual to a linear quiver with two tails of gauge groups of increasing rank. The field theory dynamics arises from a D4-NS5-NS5’ brane set-up, generalizing the constructions discussed by Bah and Bobev. These realize $\mathcal{N}=1$ quiver gauge theories built out of $\mathcal{N}=1$ and $\mathcal{N}=2$ vector multiplets flowing to interacting fixed points in the infrared. We compute the central charge using a-maximization, and show its precise agreement with the holographic calculation. Our result exhibits n 3 scaling with the number of five-branes. This suggests an eleven-dimensional interpretation in terms of M5-branes, a generic feature of various AdS backgrounds obtained via non-Abelian T-duality.

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Georgios Itsios, Yolanda Lozano, Jesús Montero, Carlos Núñez. The AdS 5 non-Abelian T-dual of Klebanov-Witten as a $\mathcal{N}=1$ linear quiver from M5-branes, Journal of High Energy Physics, 2017, 38, DOI: 10.1007/JHEP09(2017)038