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Flowing to $\mathcal{N}=3$ Chern--Simons-matter theory

High Energy Physics - Theory 2020-04-22 v3

Abstract

New renormalisation group flows of three-dimensional Chern--Simons theories with a single gauge group SU(N)\textrm{SU}(N) and adjoint matter are found holographically. These RG flows have an infrared fixed point given by a CFT with N=3\mathcal{N}=3 supersymmetry and SU(2)\text{SU}(2) flavour symmetry. The ultraviolet fixed point is again described by a CFT with either N=2\mathcal{N}=2 and SU(3)\text{SU}(3) symmetry or N=1\mathcal{N}=1 and G2\text{G}_{2} symmetry. The gauge/gravity duals of these RG flows are constructed as domain-wall solutions of a gauged supergravity model in four dimensions that enjoys an embedding into massive IIA supergravity. A concrete RG flow that brings a mass deformation of the N=2\mathcal{N}=2 CFT into the N=3\mathcal{N}=3 CFT at low energies is described in detail.

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@article{arxiv.1910.06866,
  title  = {Flowing to $\mathcal{N}=3$ Chern--Simons-matter theory},
  author = {Adolfo Guarino and Javier Tarrio and Oscar Varela},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1910.06866},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

25 pages plus appendices, 4 figures and 5 tables. v2. Minor corrections and appendix A extended with a discussion on two new supersymmetric vacua. v3. Published text

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