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We construct a new N = 4 non-semisimple gauged supergravity in three dimensions with E 6(2) /SU(6) × SU(2) scalar manifold and SO(4) ⋉ T 6 gauge group. Depending on the values of the gauge coupling constants, the theory admits both the maximally supersymmetric AdS 3 vacuum preserving SO(4) gauge symmetry and half-supersymmetric domain walls with unbroken SO(4) symmetry. We give all scalar masses at the supersymmetric AdS 3 critical point corresponding to an N = (4, 0) superconformal field theory (SCFT) in two dimensions. The scalar potential also admits two flat directions corresponding to marginal deformations that preserve full supersymmetry and conformal symmetry. This SO(4) ⋉ T 6 gauged supergravity is expected to arise from a dimensional reduction on a three-sphere of the minimal N = (1, 0) supergravity in six dimensions coupled to three tensor and four vector multiplets.
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Karndumri, P. Non-semisimple gauging of a magical N = 4 supergravity in three dimensions. J. High Energ. Phys. 2015, 1–19 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP12(2015)153
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