Geometric flows for the type IIA string

DOI10.4310/CJM.2021.V9.N3.A3MaRDI QIDQ2065055zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Yanyan Li

Publication date 7 January 2022

Published in Cambridge Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2011.03662

zbMATH Keywords

6-dimensional symplectic manifolds\(\text{SU}(3)\) holonomyRicci-flat Kähler metricssupersymmetric compactifications

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Flows related to symplectic and contact structures (53E50) Geometric evolution equations (53E99) Supersymmetry and quantum mechanics (81Q60)

Abstract: A geometric flow on $6$-dimensional symplectic manifolds is introduced which is motivated by supersymmetric compactifications of the Type IIA string. The underlying structure turns out to be SU(3) holonomy, but with respect to the projected Levi-Civita connection of an almost-Hermitian structure. The short-time existence is established, and new identities for the Nijenhuis tensor are found which are crucial for Shi-type estimates. The integrable case can be completely solved, giving an alternative proof of Yau's theorem on Ricci-flat K"ahler metrics. In the non-integrable case, models are worked out which suggest that the flow should lead to optimal almost-complex structures compatible with the given symplectic form.

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