S^1-quotient of Spin(7)-structures

Abstract: If a

S p i n (7)

manifold

N^{8}

admits a free

S^{1}

action preserving the fundamental

4

-form then the quotient space

M^{7}

is naturally endowed with a

G_{2}

-structure. We derive equations relating the intrinsic torsion of the

S p i n (7)

-structure to that of the

G_{2}

-structure together with the additional data of a Higgs field and the curvature of the

S^{1}

-bundle; this can be interpreted as a Gibbons-Hawking-type ansatz for

S p i n (7)

-structures. We focus on the three

S p i n (7)

torsion classes: torsion-free, locally conformally parallel and balanced. In particular we show that if

N

is a

S p i n (7)

manifold then

M

cannot have holonomy contained in

G_{2}

unless

N

is in fact a Calabi-Yau

4

-fold and

M

is the product of a Calabi-Yau

3

-fold and an interval. We also derive a new formula for the Ricci curvature of

S p i n (7)

-structures in terms of the torsion forms. We then describe this

S^{1}

-quotient construction in detail for the Bryant-Salamon

S p i n (7)

metric on the spinor bundle of

S^{4}

and for the flat metric on

m a t h b b R^{8}

.

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