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We study probe M5-branes in \( \mathcal{N} \) = 1 AdS5 solutions of M-theory that arise from M5-branes wrapped on a Riemann surface. Using the BPS condition from κ-symmetry, we classify supersymmetric probe M5-branes that extend along all of AdS5 and intersect the Riemann surface at points. These can be viewed as punctures in the dual \( \mathcal{N} \) = 1 superconformal field theories. We find M5-branes that correspond to the two types of simple punctures previously studied in field theory. In addition, when the central charge is rational, we find a new class of M5-branes with a moduli space that includes two internal dimensions in addition to the Riemann surface. These new M5-branes have the essential characteristic of fractional branes, in that a single one at a generic point of its moduli space becomes multiple M5-branes at special points.
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Bah, I., Gabella, M. & Halmagyi, N. Punctures from probe M5-branes and \( \mathcal{N} \) = 1 superconformal field theories. J. High Energ. Phys. 2014, 131 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP07(2014)131
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