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Janus and RG-flow interfaces from 5D N=4 gauged supergravity

High Energy Physics - Theory 2025-07-30 v2

Abstract

We study five-dimensional N=4N=4 gauged supergravity coupled to three vector multiplets with SO(2)D×SO(3)SO(2)_D\times SO(3) gauge group. The gauged supergravity admits two supersymmetric AdS5AdS_5 vacua. One of the vacua, at the origin of the scalar manifold R+×SO(5,3)/SO(5)×SO(3)\mathbb{R}^+\times SO(5,3)/SO(5)\times SO(3), preserves N=4N=4 supersymmetry and the full SO(2)D×SO(3)SO(2)_D\times SO(3) gauge symmetry. The second AdS5AdS_5 vacuum is N=2N=2 supersymmetric and invariant under SO(2)diagSO(2)_{\textrm{diag}} which is a diagonal subgroup of SO(2)DSO(2)_D and SO(2)SO(3)SO(2)\subset SO(3). By considering a truncation to SO(2)diagSO(2)_{\textrm{diag}} invariant scalars, we find a class of Janus solutions interpolating among these vacua. These solutions should be holographically dual to conformal interfaces within the dual N=1N=1 and N=2N=2 SCFTs in four dimensions. In addition, we also find examples of solutions describing RG-flow interfaces between N=1N=1 and N=2N=2 SCFTs on each side of the interfaces. All of the solutions could possibly be uplifted to eleven dimensions by a consistent truncation of M-theory on M3×S2×S1M_3\times S^2\times S^1 with a 3-manifold M3M_3.

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@article{arxiv.2503.06704,
  title  = {Janus and RG-flow interfaces from 5D N=4 gauged supergravity},
  author = {Parinya Karndumri},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.06704},
  year   = {2025}
}

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27 pages, 8 figures

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