Noncompact gauging of N=2 7D supergravity and AdS/CFT holography

Abstract: Half-maximal gauged supergravity in seven dimensions coupled to

n

vector multiplets contains

n + 3

vectors and

3 n + 1

scalars parametrized by

m a t h b b R^{+} i m e s S O (3, n) / S O (3) i m e s S O (n)

coset manifold. The two-form field in the gravity multiplet can be dualized to a three-form field which admits a topological mass term. Possible non-compact gauge groups take the form of

G_{0} i m e s H s u b s e t S O (3, n)

with a compact group

H

.

G_{0}

is one of the five possibilities;

S O (3, 1)

,

S L (3, m a t h b b R)

,

S O (2, 2)

,

S O (2, 1)

and

S O (2, 2) i m e s S O (2, 1)

. We investigate all of these possible non-compact gauge groups and classify their vacua. Unlike the gauged supergravity without a topological mass term, there are new supersymmetric

A d S_{7}

vacua in the

S O (3, 1)

and

S L (3, m a t h b b R)

gaugings. These correspond to new

N = (1, 0)

superconformal field theories (SCFT) in six dimensions. Additionally, we find a class of

A d S_{5} i m e s S^{2}

and

A d S_{5} i m e s H^{2}

backgrounds with

S O (2)

and

S O (2) i m e s S O (2)

symmetries. These should correspond to

N = 1

SCFTs in four dimensions obtained from twisted compactifications of six-dimensional field theories on

S^{2}

or

H^{2}

. We also study RG flows from six-dimensional

N = (1, 0)

SCFT to

N = 1

SCFT in four dimensions and RG flows from a four-dimensional

N = 1

SCFT to a six-dimensional SYM in the IR. The former are driven by a vacuum expectation value of a dimension-four operator dual to the supergravity dilaton while the latter are driven by vacuum expectation values of marginal operators.

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