An energy functional on the universal spinor bundle

arXiv1712.06398MaRDI QIDQ6295403FDOQ6295403

Publication date: 18 December 2017

Abstract: We study an energy functional on the universal spinor bundle over a closed

n

-dimensional spin manifold

M

. The critical points of this functional, which is modelled on the total torsion functional of

G_{2}

-structures in seven dimensions, are pairs of Ricci-flat metrics and real parallel spinor fields provided that

n

equals

3

or

7

. We then modify the functional to obtain the analogue in arbitrary dimensions. Finally we apply the universal spinor bundle approach to solve some ODEs problems concerning

G_{2}

-structures.

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