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.
We investigate the SU(3)-invariant sector of the one-parameter family of
SO(8) gauged maximal supergravity that has been recently proposed. To this end,
we construct the N=2 truncation of this theory and analyse its full vacuum
structure. The number of critical point is doubled and includes new N=0 and N=1
branches. We numerically exhibit the parameter dependence of the location and
cosmological constant of all extrema. Moreover, we provide their analytic
expressions for cases of special interest. Connections with three-dimensional
RG-flows are pointed out. Finally, while the mass spectra are found to be
parameter independent in most cases, we show that the novel non-supersymmetric
branch with SU(3) invariance provides the first counterexample to this.Comment: 47 pages, 8 figures and 3 tables. v3: references added, published
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While electromagnetic duality is a symmetry of many supergravity theories, this is not the case for the N = 8 gauged theory. It was recently shown that this rotation leads to a one-parameter family of SO(8) supergravities. It is an open question what the period of this parameter is. This issue is investigated in the SO(4) invariant sectors of the theory. We classify such critical points and find a novel branch of non-supersymmetric and unstable solutions, whose embedding is related via triality to the two known ones. Secondly, we show that the three branches of solutions lead to a π/4 periodicity of the vacuum structure. The general interrelations between triality and periodicity are discussed. Finally, we comment on the connection to other gauge groups as well as the possibility to achieve (non-)perturbative stability around AdS/Mkw/dS transitions.
Abstract:We consider the stability of non-supersymmetric critical points of general N = 4 supergravities. A powerful method to analyse this issue based on the sGoldstino direction has been developed for minimal supergravity. We adapt this to the present case, and address the conceptually new features arising for extended supersymmetry. As an application, we investigate the stability when supersymmetry breaking proceeds via either the gravity or the matter sector. Finally, we outline the N = 8 case.
We discuss a general bound on the possibility to realise inflation in any
minimal supergravity with F-terms. The derivation crucially depends on the
sGoldstini, the scalar field directions that are singled out by spontaneous
supersymmetry breaking. The resulting bound involves both slow-roll parameters
and the geometry of the K\"ahler manifold of the chiral scalars. We analyse the
inflationary implications of this bound, and in particular discuss to what
extent the requirements of single field and slow-roll can both be met in F-term
inflation.Comment: 14 pages, improved analysis, references added, matches published
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