Single-sided domain walls in M-theory

DOI10.1016/S0393-0440(99)00036-4MaRDI QIDQ1970239zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors P. Rychenkova, Gary W. Gibbons

Publication date 11 May 2000

Published in Journal of Geometry and Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9811045

zbMATH Keywords

Anti-de Sitter backgroundBPS domain wall configurationCalabi-Yau orbifoldDirac-Born-Infeld actionM-theoryRicci-flat solutionstatic configuration

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30)

Abstract: We describe some single-sided BPS domain wall configurations in M-theory. These are smooth non-singular resolutions of Calabi--Yau orbifolds obtained by identifying the two sides of the wall under reflection. They may thus be thought of as domain walls at the end of the universe. We also describe related domain wall type solutions with a negative cosmological constant.

Review text

Various solutions of M-theory having the symmetries of a domain wall are investigated. These are smooth non-singular resolutions of Calabi--Yau orbifolds obtained by identifying the two sides of the wall under reflection. The most important example is BPS and is based on the Bianchi type II group, otherwise known as nil or Heisenberg. Usually this is regarded as an orbifold solution with singularity. It is shown how the singularity may be resolved to give a complete non-singular solution representing a single-sided domain wall and how this example may be generalized to higher dimensions. Finally, a number of related solutions, some BPS, both in four and higher dimensions which we believe may be relevant to, for example, the AdS/CFT correspondence and other future applications of eleven-dimensional supergravity are considered.

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