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Janus and Hades in M-theory

High Energy Physics - Theory 2024-07-19 v2

Abstract

Multi-parametric and analytic families of four-dimensional AdS3×R\,\textrm{AdS}_{3} \times \mathbb{R}\, (Janus) and AdS3×R+\,\textrm{AdS}_{3} \,\times\, \mathbb{R}^{+} (Hades) solutions are constructed in the SO(8) gauged supergravity that arises from the consistent reduction of eleven-dimensional supergravity on S7\,\textrm{S}^7\,. The solutions are generically non-supersymmetric, involve non-trivial running scalars and preserve a U(1)4\,\textrm{U}(1)^4\, symmetry. Different patterns of (super) symmetry enhancement occur upon suitable adjustment of the free parameters which further control the boundary conditions of the running scalars. We concentrate on the non-supersymmetric Janus and Hades solutions with SU(3)×U(1)2\,\textrm{SU}(3) \times \textrm{U}(1)^2\, symmetry and provide their higher-dimensional description in terms of M-theory fluxes and membranes. Special attention is paid to a class of such Hades solutions dubbed "ridge flows" which resemble dielectric rotations of Coulomb branch flows previously investigated in the literature.

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@article{arxiv.2207.09287,
  title  = {Janus and Hades in M-theory},
  author = {Andrés Anabalón and Miguel Chamorro-Burgos and Adolfo Guarino},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2207.09287},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

33 pages, 8 figures. v2: minor corrections, references added, published version