Compactifications on half-flat manifolds
A (real) \(n\)-dimensional manifold is said to have a \(G\)-structure if the structure group of its frame bundle is \(G\subset \text{GL}(n,\mathbb{R})\). An important class of examples studied extensively in string theory is one in which the holonomy of the manifold is contained in SU(3). These manifolds admit a globally defined covariantly constant spinor and are called Calabi-Yau (CY) manifolds. Mirror symmetry relates two topologically distinct CY manifolds: the Hodge numbers \((h_{11},h_{21})\) specifying their Dolbeault cohomology are interchanged under this symmetry, however, string theory compactified on a CY manifold is indistinguishable from the one compactified on its mirror. It is possible to have more general string compactification in which there are `fluxes' through the nontrivial (two- and three-) cycles of the CY manifold. This question in general is still open. The case of the mirror of a CY manifold with electric Neveu-Schwarz flux [\textit{S. Gurrieri, J. Louis, A. Micu} and \textit{D. Waldram}, Nucl. Phys., B 654, No. 1--2, 61--113 (2003; Zbl 1010.81071); \textit{S. Gurrieri} and \textit{A. Micu}, Classical Quantum Gravity 20, No. 11, 2181--2192 (2003; Zbl 1025.83026); \textit{S. Gurrieri, A. Lukas} and \textit{A. Micu}, Phys. Rev. D 70, 126009 (2004)] is reviewed in the present paper. The mirror turns out to be a manifold which does not admit an integrable complex structure. It has a SU(3) structure and admits a globally defined, though not a constant, spinor. The latter leads to a real two-form \(J\) and a complex three-form \(\Omega=\Omega^+ + i\Omega^-\), such that \[ J\wedge dJ = 0, \qquad d\Omega^- = 0, \] and the corresponding manifold is known as a half-flat manifold [\textit{S. Salamon}, in Global Differential Geometry: the Mathematical Legacy of Alfred Gray, Contemp. Math. 288, 162--181 (2001; Zbl 1008.53043); \textit{S. Chiossi} and \textit{S. Salamon}, in Gil-Medrano, Olga (ed.) et al., Differential geometry. Proceedings of the international conference held in honour of the 60th birthday of A. M. Naveira, Valencia, Spain, 2001. Singapore: World Scientific, 115--133 (2002; Zbl 1024.53018)]. The reduction of type II and I supergravities coming from type II (A and B) and heterotic string theories on half-flat manifolds to the leading approximation is discussed. It should be mentioned that string compactification on the half-flat manifolds do not lead to four-dimensional Poincaré symmetric vacuum solution, but rather to domain wall like defects in spacetime. There are five appendices which review some of the necessary background material.
- Type IIB theory on half-flat manifolds
- Mirror symmetry in generalized Calabi-Yau compactifications
- scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4032556
- scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4058382
- Fivebranes, membranes and non-perturbative string theory
- scientific article; zbMATH DE number 777994
- Heterotic string compactifications on half-flat manifolds II
- On the geometry underlying supersymmetric flux vacua with intermediate SU(2) structure
- scientific article; zbMATH DE number 719257
- \(\mathcal Z\)-compactifications of open manifolds
- Left-invariant Einstein metrics on S^3 S^3
- Instantons on conical half-flat 6-manifolds
- Mirror symmetry in generalized Calabi-Yau compactifications
- Coupled \(\mathrm{SU}(3)\)-structures and supersymmetry
- Mirror symmetric SU(3)-structure manifolds with NS fluxes
- Heterotic string compactifications on half-flat manifolds II
- Metric symmetries and spin asymmetries of Ricci-flat Riemannian manifolds
- (String theory inspired) excursions into (complex) differential geometry of some non-Kähler six-folds and their exceptional uplifts
- G-structures and domain walls in heterotic theories
- Calabi-Yau manifolds and SU(3) structure
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