All G 2 invariant critical points of maximal supergravity

2012/09/30 by Andrea Borghese, Adolfo Guarino, Diederik Roest · 4 citations
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paper · pdf · doi:10.1007/jhep12(2012)108

5 pages. v2: extended discussion of vector masses and gauge groups and refs added

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Abstract

We perform an exhaustive classification of G₂ invariant extrema of the most general gauged N=8 supergravity in four dimensions. They comprise four branches of Anti-de Sitter solutions labelled by a single parameter. Interestingly, while the gauge groups vary with the parameters, the mass spectra are invariant. One of these is a new non-supersymmetric yet stable point. Our analysis includes the recently proposed family of SO(8) gauged supergravities and more.

Citations

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