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Supersymmetric Janus Solutions in Four Dimensions

High Energy Physics - Theory 2015-06-17 v1

Abstract

We use maximal gauged supergravity in four dimensions to construct the gravity dual of a class of supersymmetric conformal interfaces in the theory on the world-volume of multiple M2-branes. We study three classes of examples in which the (1+1)(1+1)-dimensional defects preserve (4,4)(4,4), (0,2)(0,2) or (0,1)(0,1) supersymmetry. Many of the solutions have the maximally supersymmetric AdS4AdS_4 vacuum dual to the N=8\mathcal{N}=8 ABJM theory on both sides of the interface. We also find new special classes of solutions including one that interpolates between the maximally supersymmetric vacuum and a conformal fixed point with N=1\mathcal{N}=1 supersymmetry and G2G_2 global symmetry. We find another solution that interpolates between two distinct conformal fixed points with N=1\mathcal{N}=1 supersymmetry and G2G_2 global symmetry. In eleven dimensions, this G2G_2 to G2G_2 solution corresponds to a domain wall across which a magnetic flux reverses orientation.

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@article{arxiv.1311.4883,
  title  = {Supersymmetric Janus Solutions in Four Dimensions},
  author = {Nikolay Bobev and Krzysztof Pilch and Nicholas P. Warner},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1311.4883},
  year   = {2015}
}

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54 pages, 11 figures

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