Maximally twisted eleven-dimensional supergravity

DOI10.1007/S00220-022-04516-5MaRDI QIDQ6371578arXivFDO

Authors Richard Eager, Fabian Hahner

Publication date 29 June 2021

Published in arXiv

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/S00220-022-04516-5

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of vector bundles and moduli spaces in mathematical physics (twistor theory, instantons, quantum field theory) (14D21) Issues of holonomy in differential geometry (53C29) Spinor and twistor methods in general relativity and gravitational theory; Newman-Penrose formalism (83C60) Kaluza-Klein and other higher-dimensional theories (83E15) Supergravity (83E50)

arXiv classification

hep-thmath-phmath.AGmath.MP

Abstract: We perform the maximal twist of eleven-dimensional supergravity. This twist is partially topological and exists on manifolds of $G_{2}imesSU(2)$ holonomy. Our derivation starts with an explicit description of the Batalin-Vilkovisky complex associated to the three-form multiplet in the pure spinor superfield formalism. We then determine the $L_{i}nfty$ module structure of the supersymmetry algebra on the component fields. We twist the theory by modifying the differential of the Batalin-Vilkovisky complex to incorporate the action of a scalar supercharge. We find that the resulting free twisted theory is given by the tensor product of the de Rham and Dolbeault complexes of the respective $G_2$ and $SU(2)$ holonomy manifolds as conjectured by Costello.

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