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Supersymmetric solutions from N=6 gauged supergravity

High Energy Physics - Theory 2021-03-31 v3

Abstract

We study supersymmetric solutions in four-dimensional N=6N=6 gauged supergravity with SO(6)SO(6) gauge group. There is a unique N=6N=6 supersymmetric AdS4AdS_4 vacuum with SO(6)SO(6) symmetry dual to an N=6N=6 SCFT in three dimensions. We find a number of domain walls interpolating between this AdS4AdS_4 vacuum and singular geometries in the IR with SO(2)×SO(4)SO(2)\times SO(4), U(3)U(3), SO(3)SO(3) and SO(2)×SO(2)×SO(2)SO(2)\times SO(2)\times SO(2) symmetries. The SO(3)SO(3) case admits N=6N=6 or N=2N=2 solutions depending on whether the pseudoscalars are present or not. On the other hand, all the remaining solutions preserve N=6N=6 supersymmetry. These solutions describe RG flows from the N=6N=6 SCFT to non-conformal field theories driven by mass deformations. In particular, the SO(2)×SO(4)SO(2)\times SO(4) solution is in agreement with the previously known mass deformations of the dual N=6N=6 SCFT. We also give a supersymmetric Janus solution with SO(2)×SO(4)SO(2)\times SO(4) symmetry, describing two-dimensional conformal defects in the N=6N=6 SCFT with unbroken N=(4,2)N=(4,2) supersymmetry. Finally, we find an N=2N=2 supersymmetric AdS2×H2AdS_2\times H^2 solution with SO(2)×SO(4)SO(2)\times SO(4) symmetry and the corresponding domain wall interpolating between this fixed point and the AdS4AdS_4 vacuum. The solution describes an AdS4AdS_4 black hole with a magnetic charge and is dual to a twisted compactification of the N=6N=6 SCFT on a hyperbolic space H2H^2. We also give a domain wall interpolating between a locally supersymmetric AdS4AdS_4 and a curved domain wall with SO(2)×SO(2)×SO(2)SO(2)\times SO(2)\times SO(2) symmetry dual to an RG flow across dimensions from the N=6N=6 SCFT to a supersymmetric quantum mechanics.

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@article{arxiv.2012.10978,
  title  = {Supersymmetric solutions from N=6 gauged supergravity},
  author = {Parinya Karndumri and Jakkapat Seeyangnok},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2012.10978},
  year   = {2021}
}

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36 pages, no figure, more detail and references added

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