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Alessio Fontanarossa

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arXiv2026

Localization, Factorization and Dualities for Elliptic Kernels

We study the exact partition function of 4d $\mathcal N=1$ supersymmetric gauge theories on a torus times a cylinder $\mathrm{Cyl}=I\times S^1$, where $I$ is a finite interval carrying two boundary components. Each endpoint supports an independent Dirichlet or Robin-like boundary polarization, so that the partition function is a boundary-to-boundary elliptic kernel. We construct the rigid supersymmetric geometry, determine the BPS locus, and compute the chiral-multiplet 1-loop determinants for the four possible boundary polarizations via equivariant localization. The resulting elementary building blocks are theta functions dressed by cubic phases. We then prove rank-changing Seiberg-type dualities as identities of Jeffrey--Kirwan residues of these elliptic kernels. We also discuss factorization into holomorphic-block cap wavefunctions represented by elliptic Gamma functions, dimensional reductions to three and two dimensions, complete-intersection gauged linear sigma models, and elliptic kernels for 4d $\mathcal N=4$ super Yang--Mills and the Klebanov--Witten theory, useful for holographic applications.

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arXiv2024

NUTs, Bolts, and Spindles

We construct new infinite classes of Euclidean supersymmetric solutions of four dimensional minimal gauged supergravity comprising a $U (1) \times U (1)$-invariant asymptotically locally hyperbolic metric on the total space of orbifold line bundles over a spindle (bolt). The conformal boundary is generically a squashed, branched, lens space and the graviphoton gauge field can have either twist or anti-twist through the spindle bolt. Correspondingly, the boundary geometry inherits two types of rigid Killing spinors, that we refer to as twist and anti-twist for the three-dimensional Seifert orbifolds, as well as some specific flat connections for the background gauge field, determined by the data of the spindle bolt. For all our solutions we compute the holographically renormalized on-shell action and compare it to the expression obtained via equivariant localization, uncovering a markedly distinct behaviour in the cases of twist and anti twist. Our results provide precise predictions for the large $N$ limit of the corresponding localized partition functions of three-dimensional $\mathcal{N}=2$ superconformal field theories placed on Seifert orbifolds.

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arXiv2024

Branes wrapped on quadrilaterals

We construct new families of supersymmetric AdS$_2\times\mathbb{M}_4$ solutions of $D=6$ gauged supergravity and AdS$_3\times\mathbb{M}_4$ solutions of $D=7$ gauged supergravity, where $\mathbb{M}_4$ are four-dimensional toric orbifolds with four fixed points. These are presented in a unified fashion, that highlights their common underlying geometry. The $D=6$ solutions uplift to massive type IIA and describe the near-horizon limit of D4-branes wrapped on $\mathbb{M}_4$, while the $D=7$ solutions uplift to $D=11$ supergravity and describe the near-horizon limit of M5-branes wrapped on $\mathbb{M}_4$. We reproduce the entropy and gravitational central charge of the two families by extremizing a function constructed gluing the orbifold gravitational blocks proposed in arXiv:2210.16128.

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arXiv2023

Branes wrapped on orbifolds and their gravitational blocks

We construct new supersymmetric $\mathrm{AdS}_2\times \mathbb{M}_4$ solutions of $D=6$ gauged supergravity, where $\mathbb{M}_4$ are certain four-dimensional orbifolds. After uplifting to massive type IIA supergravity these correspond to the near-horizon limit of a system of $N$ D4-branes and $N_f$ D8-branes wrapped on $\mathbb{M}_4$. In one class of solutions $\mathbb{M}_4 = Σ_{\mathrm{g}}\ltimesΣ$ is a spindle fibred over a smooth Riemann surface of genus $\mathrm{g}>1$, while in another class $\mathbb{M}_4 = Σ\ltimesΣ$ is a spindle fibred over another spindle. Both classes can be thought of as orbifold generalizations of Hirzebruch surfaces and, in the second case, we describe the solutions in terms of toric geometry. We show that the entropy associated with these solutions is reproduced by extremizing an entropy function obtained by gluing gravitational blocks, using a general recipe for orbifolds that we propose. We also discuss how our prescription can be used to define an off-shell central charge whose extremization reproduces the gravitational central charge of analogous $\mathrm{AdS}_3\times \mathbb{M}_4$ solutions of $D=7$ gauged supergravity, arising from wrapping M5-branes on $\mathbb{M}_4$.

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