Supersymmetry and Superstrata in Three Dimensions

TL;DR

This paper explores supersymmetric solutions in three-dimensional gauged supergravity, revealing their connection to six-dimensional superstrata and introducing new smooth geometries with preserved supersymmetry.

Contribution

It provides a detailed analysis of BPS solutions in 3D supergravity, demonstrating how superstrata features are incorporated into the three-dimensional BPS structure.

Findings

Found large families of smooth BPS solutions preserving four supersymmetries.

Established the connection between 3D solutions and six-dimensional superstrata.

Identified the roles of spin connection twisting, holomorphy, and Chern-Simons connections.

Abstract

We analyze the supersymmetry transformations of gauged $SO(4)$ supergravity coupled to extra hypermultiplets in three dimensions, and find large families of smooth BPS solutions that preserve four supersymmetries. These BPS solutions are part of the consistent truncation of some families of six-dimensional superstrata. From the three-dimensional perspective, these solutions give rise to "smoothly-capped BTZ" geometries. We show how the twisting of the spin connection, the holomorphy of the fields, and the Chern-Simons connections all play an essential role in the existence of these supersymmetric solutions. This paper also closes the circle on the consistent truncation of superstrata, showing precisely how every feature of the superstratum enters into the three-dimensional BPS structure.