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We find the holographic dual to the three classes of superconformal Janus interfaces in \( \mathcal{N} \) = 4 SYM that preserve three-dimensional \( \mathcal{N} \) = 4, \( \mathcal{N} \) = 2, and \( \mathcal{N} \) = 1 supersymmetry. The solutions are constructed in five-dimensional SO(6) maximal gauged supergravity and are then uplifted to type IIB supergravity. Corresponding to each of the three classes of Janus solutions, there are also AdS4 × S1 × S5 J-fold backgrounds. These J-folds have a non-trivial SL(2, ℤ) monodromy for the axio-dilaton on the S1 and are dual to three-dimensional superconformal field theories.
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Bobev, N., Gautason, F.F., Pilch, K. et al. Holographic interfaces in \( \mathcal{N} \) = 4 SYM: Janus and J-folds. J. High Energ. Phys. 2020, 134 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP05(2020)134
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