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We investigate the SU(3)-invariant sector of the one-parameter family of SO(8) gauged maximal supergravities that has been recently discovered. To this end, we construct the \(\mathcal{N}=2\) truncation of this theory and analyse its full vacuum structure. The number of critical point is doubled and includes new \(\mathcal{N}=0\) and \(\mathcal{N}=1\) 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. 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.
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Borghese, A., Dibitetto, G., Guarino, A. et al. The SU(3)-invariant sector of new maximal supergravity. J. High Energ. Phys. 2013, 82 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP03(2013)082
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