# S-folds and (non-)supersymmetric Janus solutions

## TL;DR

This paper explores S-fold and Janus solutions in type IIB supergravity, identifying new AdS4 solutions with different supersymmetry properties, and proposes their holographic duals in three-dimensional super-Yang--Mills theories.

## Contribution

It finds new AdS4 solutions with specific gauge symmetries and supersymmetry, and uplifts them to ten-dimensional S-folds, advancing the understanding of holographic duals of interface theories.

## Key findings

- Identified AdS4 solutions with SU(3) and SO(6) symmetry.
- Uplifted solutions to ten-dimensional S-folds.
- Proposed duals for 3D super-Yang--Mills theories.

## Abstract

The S-fold description of Janus-type solutions of type IIB supergravity is investigated. This is done by first studying a $\,\textrm{U}(1) \times \textrm{U}(1)\,$ invariant sector of the four-dimensional dyonically-gauged $\,{[\,\textrm{SO}(1,1) \times \textrm{SO}(6)\,] \ltimes \mathbb{R}^{12}}\,$ maximal supergravity that arises upon reduction of type IIB supergravity on $\,\mathbb{R} \, \times \, \textrm{S}^{5}\,$. Two AdS$_{4}$ solutions preserving $\,\textrm{SU}(3)\,$ and $\,\textrm{SO}(6)\,$ gauge symmetry together with $\,\mathcal{N}=1\,$ and $\,\mathcal{N}=0\,$ supersymmetry are found within this sector. Fetching techniques from the E$_{7(7)}$ exceptional field theory, these solutions are uplifted to ten-dimensional S-folds of type IIB Janus-type solutions of the form $\,\textrm{AdS}_{4} \times \mathbb{R} \times \textrm{M}_{5}\,$. The solutions presented here are natural candidates for the holographic duals of three-dimensional $\,\mathcal{N}=1\,$ and $\,\mathcal{N}=0\,$ interface super-Yang--Mills theories with $\,\textrm{SU}(3)\,$ and $\,\textrm{SU}(4)\,$ internal symmetry.