Non-supersymmetric CS-matter theories with known AdS duals (Q765441)

Summary: We consider three-dimensional conformal field theories living on a stack of \(N\)anti-M2 branes at the tip of eight-dimensional supersymmetric cones. The corresponding supergravity solution is obtained by changing sign to the four-form in the Freund-Rubin solution representing M2 branes (``skew-whiffing'' transformation) and it is known to be stable. The existence of these non-supersymmetric, stable field theories, at least in the large \(N\) limit, is a peculiarity of the \(\text{AdS}_4\)/\(\text{CFT}_3\) correspondence with respect to the usual \(\text{AdS}_5\)/\(\text{CFT}_4\), and it is worthwhile to study it. We analyze in detail the KK spectrum of the skew-whiffed solution associated with \(S^7 / \mathbb{Z}_k\) and we speculate on the natural field content for a candidate non-supersymmetric dual field theory.