Towards a holographic dual of SQCD: holographic anomalies and higher derivative gravity

Abstract

We consider the holographic dual of SQCD in the conformal phase. It is based on a higher derivative gravity theory, which ensures the correct field theory anomalies. This is then related to a six-dimensional gravity theory via S1 compactification. Some speculations are then made about the correspondence, Seiberg duality and the nature of confinement from a holographic perspective.