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  "abstract": "We study the existence of supersymmetric M5-brane instantons in asymptotically AdS$_4 \\times S^7/\\mathbf{Z}_k$ geometries of M-theory, dual to the ABJM theory. The supersymmetric embeddings of these instantons are determined by the M5-brane $κ$-symmetry, which forces them to localise to the equivariant fixed points in the asymptotically AdS$_4$ geometry, and wrap $(S^3\\times S^3)/\\mathbf{Z}_k $. At the quantum level we find that the one-loop partition function of these instantons vanishes, suggesting that the bulk partition function is instead to be expanded in terms of supergravity modes and M2-brane instantons, in line with known results for the $S^3$ partition function of the dual ABJM theory.",
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      "name": "Jieming Lin"
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    {
      "name": "Jesse van Muiden"
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    {
      "name": "Zihan Wang"
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  "bibtex": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/16q2sk46v2nf9.bib",
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  "published": "2026-09-08",
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  "title": "M5 Instantons in ABJM",
  "title_text": "M5 Instantons in ABJM",
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