Only Flat Space is Full BPS in Four Dimensional N=3 and N=4 Supergravity

Abstract: We investigate the fully supersymmetric solutions in N=3 and N=4 higher derivative Poincare supergravity theories. We work in the superconformal formalism and show that flat space is the only fully supersymmetric solution in these theories. However, in N=2 Poincare supergravity, three fully supersymmetric solutions exist: Bertotti-Robinson geometry ($AdS_2\times S^2$), flat space and pp wave spacetimes, which are known in the literature. We discuss the reason behind the richer vacua in N=2 supergravity compared to its N=3 and N=4 cousins.