Are there any new vacua of gauged N=8 supergravity in four dimensions?

Changhyun Ahn, Kyungsung Woo

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Abstract

We consider the most general SU(3) singlet space of gauged N=8 supergravity in four dimensions. The SU(3)-invariant six scalar fields in the theory can be viewed in terms of six real four-forms. By exponentiating these four-forms, we eventually obtain the new scalar potential. For the two extreme limits, we reproduce the previous results found by Warner in 1983. In particular, for the N=1, G2 critical point, we find the constraint surface parametrized by three scalar fields on which the cosmological constant has the same value. We obtain the BPS domain-wall solutions for restricted scalar submanifold. We also describe the three-dimensional mass-deformed superconformal ChernSimons matter theory dual to the above supersymmetric flows in four dimensions.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1819-1851
Number of pages33
JournalInternational Journal of Modern Physics A
Volume25
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - 10 Apr 2010

Keywords

  • Flow equations
  • M2-branes
  • Supergravity

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