All N = (8,0) AdS3 solutions in 10 and 11 dimensions

We classify AdS(3) solutions preserving N = (8, 0) supersymmetry in ten and eleven dimensions and find the local form of each of them. These include the AdS(3)xS(6) solution of [1] and the embeddings of AdS(3) into AdS(4)xS(7), AdS(5)xS(5), AdS(7)/Z(k)xS(4) and its IIA reduction within AdS(7). More interestingly we find solutions preserving the superconformal algebras f4,su on certain squashings of the 7-sphere. These solutions asymptote to AdS(4)xS(7) and are promising candidates for holographic duals to defects in Chern-Simons matter theories.

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This study classifies AdS(3) solutions preserving N = (8, 0) supersymmetry in ten and eleven dimensions, finding the local form of each. These solutions include various embeddings and interestingly, solutions preserving superconformal algebras on certain squashings of the 7-sphere, which are potential candidates for holographic duals to defects in Chern-Simons matter theories.