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Supersymmetric Janus solutions in $\omega$-deformed N=8 gauged supergravity

High Energy Physics - Theory 2021-09-21 v2

Abstract

We give a large class of supersymmetric Janus solutions in ω\omega-deformed (dyonic) SO(8)SO(8) maximal gauged supergravity with ω=π8\omega=\frac{\pi}{8}. Unlike the purely electric counterpart, the dyonic SO(8)SO(8) gauged supergravity exhibits a richer structure of AdS4AdS_4 vacua with N=8,2,1,1N=8,2,1,1 supersymmetries and SO(8)SO(8), U(3)U(3), G2G_2 and SU(3)SU(3) symmetries, respectively. Similarly, domain walls interpolating among these critical points show a very rich structure as well. In this paper, we show that this gauged supergravity also accommodates a number of interesting supersymmetric Janus solutions in the form of AdS3AdS_3-sliced domain walls asymptotically interpolating between the aforementioned AdS4AdS_4 geometries. These solutions could be holographically interpreted as two-dimensional conformal defects within the superconformal field theories (SCFTs) of ABJM type dual to the AdS4AdS_4 vacua. We also give a class of solutions interpolating among the SO(8)SO(8), G2G_2 and U(3)U(3) AdS4AdS_4 vacua in the case of ω=0\omega=0 which have not previously appeared in the presently known Janus solutions of electric SO(8)SO(8) gauged supergravity.

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@article{arxiv.2012.15763,
  title  = {Supersymmetric Janus solutions in $\omega$-deformed N=8 gauged supergravity},
  author = {Parinya Karndumri and Chawakorn Maneerat},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2012.15763},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

29 pages, 16 figures, more solutions and some clarification added, presentation improved