String and M-theory deformations of manifolds with special holonomy
File(s)
Accepted version
Author(s)
Lu, H
Pope, CN
Stelle, KS
Townsend, PK
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
The R4-type corrections to ten and eleven dimensional supergravity required by string and M-theory imply corrections to supersymmetric supergravity compactifications on manifolds of special holonomy, which deform the metric away from the original holonomy. Nevertheless, in many such cases, including Calabi-Yau compactifications of string theory and G2-compactifications of M-theory, it has been shown that the deformation preserves supersymmetry because of associated corrections to the supersymmetry transformation rules, Here, we consider Spin(7) compactifications in string theory and M-theory, and a class of non-compact SU(5) backgrounds in M-theory. Supersymmetry survives in all these cases too, despite the fact that the original special holonomy is perturbed into general holonomy in each case.
Date Issued
2005-07-28
Date Acceptance
2005-07-07
Citation
The Journal of High Energy Physics, 2005, 2005 (7), pp.1-37
ISSN
1029-8479
Publisher
Springer Verlag (Germany)
Start Page
1
End Page
37
Journal / Book Title
The Journal of High Energy Physics
Volume
2005
Issue
7
Copyright Statement
© 2005 IOP Publishing Ltd. This is an author-created, un-copyedited version of an article accepted for publication in The Journal of High Energy Physics. IOP Publishing Ltd is not responsible for any errors or omissions in this version of the manuscript or any version derived from it. The definitive publisher authenticated version is available online at https://doi.org/10.1088/1126-6708/2005/07/075
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Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Physics, Particles & Fields
Physics
M-theory
superstring vacua
NOWHERE-VANISHING SPINORS
SPIN(7) MANIFOLDS
BRANE RESOLUTION
COMPACTIFICATIONS
METRICS
8-MANIFOLDS
EQUATIONS
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
ARTN 075
Date Publish Online
2005-07-28