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We find non-supersymmetric AdS8 solutions of type IIA supergravity. The internal space is topologically an S2 with a U(1) isometry. The only non-zero flux is F0; an O8 sourcing it is present at the equator of the S2. The warping function and dilaton are non-constant. It is also possible to add D8-branes on top of the O8. Possible destabilizing brane bubbles (whose presence would be suggested by the weak-gravity conjecture) are either absent or collapsing. Our solutions are candidate holographic duals to unitary interacting CFTs in seven dimensions with exceptional global symmetry. We also present analogous non-supersymmetric AdSd solutions for general d which are supported only by F0.
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Córdova, C., De Luca, G.B. & Tomasiello, A. AdS8 solutions in type II supergravity. J. High Energ. Phys. 2019, 127 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP07(2019)127
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