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We use non-Abelian T-duality to construct new \( \mathcal{N}=1 \) solutions of type IIA supergravity (and their M-theory lifts) that interpolate between AdS 5 geometries. We initiate a study of the holographic interpretation of these backgrounds as RG flows between conformal fixed points. Along the way we give an elegant formulation of non-Abelian T-duality when acting on a wide class of backgrounds, including those corresponding to such flows, in terms of their SU(2) structure.
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Macpherson, N.T., Núñez, C., Thompson, D.C. et al. Holographic flows in non-Abelian T-dual geometries. J. High Energ. Phys. 2015, 212 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP11(2015)212
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