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All G_2 invariant critical points of maximal supergravity

High Energy Physics - Theory 2015-06-11 v2

Abstract

We perform an exhaustive classification of G_2 invariant extrema of the most general gauged N=8 supergravity in four dimensions. They comprise four branches of Anti-de Sitter solutions labelled by a single parameter. Interestingly, while the gauge groups vary with the parameters, the mass spectra are invariant. One of these is a new non-supersymmetric yet stable point. Our analysis includes the recently proposed family of SO(8) gauged supergravities and more.

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@article{arxiv.1209.3003,
  title  = {All G_2 invariant critical points of maximal supergravity},
  author = {Andrea Borghese and Adolfo Guarino and Diederik Roest},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1209.3003},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

5 pages. v2: extended discussion of vector masses and gauge groups and refs added

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