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New renormalisation group flows of three-dimensional Chern-Simons theories with a single gauge group SU(N ) and adjoint matter are found holographically. These RG flows have an infrared fixed point given by a CFT with \( \mathcal{N} \) = 3 supersymmetry and SU(2) flavour symmetry. The ultraviolet fixed point is again described by a CFT with either \( \mathcal{N} \) = 2 and SU(3) symmetry or \( \mathcal{N} \) = 1 and G2 symmetry. The gauge/gravity duals of these RG flows are constructed as domain-wall solutions of a gauged supergravity model in four dimensions that enjoys an embedding into massive IIA supergravity. A concrete RG flow that brings a mass deformation of the \( \mathcal{N} \) = 2 CFT into the \( \mathcal{N} \) = 3 CFT at low energies is described in detail.
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Guarino, A., Tarrío, J. & Varela, O. Flowing to \( \mathcal{N} \) = 3 Chern-Simons-matter theory. J. High Energ. Phys. 2020, 100 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP03(2020)100
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