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We use maximal gauged supergravity in four dimensions to construct the gravity dual of a class of supersymmetric conformal interfaces in the theory on the worldvolume of multiple M2-branes. We study three classes of examples in which the (1+1)-dimensional defects preserve (4, 4), (0, 2) or (0, 1) supersymmetry. Many of the solutions have the maximally supersymmetric AdS 4 vacuum dual to the \( \mathcal{N} \) = 8 ABJM theory on both sides of the interface. We also find new special classes of solutions including one that interpolates between the maximally supersymmetric vacuum and a conformal fixed point with \( \mathcal{N} \) = 1 supersymmetry and G2 global symmetry. We find another solution that interpolates between two distinct conformal fixed points with \( \mathcal{N} \) = 1 supersymmetry and G2 global symmetry. In eleven dimensions, this G2 to G2 solution corresponds to a domain wall across which a magnetic flux reverses orientation.
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Bobev, N., Pilch, K. & Warner, N.P. Supersymmetric Janus solutions in four dimensions. J. High Energ. Phys. 2014, 58 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP06(2014)058
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