New $G_2$-invariant supersymmetric AdS$_4$ vacua in 11d supergravity and holography

Abstract

We study the most general $G_2$-invariant ${\rm AdS}_4$ vacua in 11 dimensional supergravity preserving 4 real supercharges, with the goal of understanding the IR fixed points of the RG flow induced by the cubic deformation of the ABJM theory. We identify a new $G_2$-invariant background, which completes the web of RG flows connecting its holographic dual with the ABJM theory and the (cubic analogue of) mass-deformed ABJM theory with SU(3)$\times$U(1) isometry. Our holographic study gives non-trivial predictions for the strongly-coupled field theory dual.