Nilmanifolds with a calibrated \(G_{2}\)-structure (Q549963)

The authors introduce obstructions to the existence of a calibrated \(G_2\)-structure on a Lie algebra \(\mathfrak{g}\) of dimension 7. In particular, they prove that, if there is a Lie algebra epimorphism from \(\mathfrak{g}\) to a 6-dimensional algebra \(\mathfrak{h}\) with kernel contained in the center of \(\mathfrak{g}\), then \(\mathfrak{h}\) has a symplectic form. As a consequence, they obtain a classification of the nilpotent Lie algebras that admit a calibrated \(G_2\)-structure: Theorem 7. Up to isomorphism, there are exactly 12 nilpotent Lie algebras that admit a calibrated \(G_2\)-structure (see those appearing in Theorem 4, Lemma 5 and Lemma 6).