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We describe a new procedure to obtain consistent backgrounds that uplift vacua and deformations of various maximal gauged supergravities by taking a known solution and performing singular limits along the moduli space of the corresponding 4-dimensional theory. We then apply this procedure to the S3 × H2,2 background that provides the uplift of 4-dimensional Minkowski vacua of maximal supergravity with gauge group [SO(4) × SO(2)] ⋉ ℝ16. We find that the newly generated vacua are generally only locally geometric and correspond to asymmetric orbifolds, Q-flux backgrounds or combinations thereof. We also provide the uplift to eleven dimensions of all the four-parameter Cremmer-Scherk-Schwarz gaugings.
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Dall’Agata, G., Inverso, G. & Spezzati, P. Uplifts of maximal supergravities and transitions to non-geometric vacua. J. High Energ. Phys. 2019, 14 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP08(2019)014
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