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Title: (M-theory-)Killing spinors on symmetric spaces

Abstract

We show how the theory of invariant principal bundle connections for reductive homogeneous spaces can be applied to determine the holonomy of generalised Killing spinor covariant derivatives of the form D = ∇ + Ω in a purely algebraic and algorithmic way, where Ω : TM → Λ{sup ∗}(TM) is a left-invariant homomorphism. Specialising this to the case of symmetric M-theory backgrounds (i.e., (M, g, F) with (M, g) an eleven-dimensional Lorentzian (locally) symmetric space and F an invariant closed 4-form), we derive several criteria for such a background to preserve some supersymmetry and consequently find all supersymmetric symmetric M-theory backgrounds.

Authors:
 [1];  [2]
  1. Maxwell and Tait Institutes, School of Mathematics, University of Edinburgh, King’s Buildings, Edinburgh EH9 3JZ, Scotland (United Kingdom)
  2. Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institut für Mathematik, Rudower Chaussee 25, Room 1.310, D12489 Berlin (Germany)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22479585
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Journal of Mathematical Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 56; Journal Issue: 8; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0022-2488
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; M-THEORY; SPACE; SPINORS; SUPERSYMMETRY

Citation Formats

Hustler, Noel, and Lischewski, Andree. (M-theory-)Killing spinors on symmetric spaces. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4928926.
Hustler, Noel, & Lischewski, Andree. (M-theory-)Killing spinors on symmetric spaces. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4928926
Hustler, Noel, and Lischewski, Andree. 2015. "(M-theory-)Killing spinors on symmetric spaces". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4928926.
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title = {(M-theory-)Killing spinors on symmetric spaces},
author = {Hustler, Noel and Lischewski, Andree},
abstractNote = {We show how the theory of invariant principal bundle connections for reductive homogeneous spaces can be applied to determine the holonomy of generalised Killing spinor covariant derivatives of the form D = ∇ + Ω in a purely algebraic and algorithmic way, where Ω : TM → Λ{sup ∗}(TM) is a left-invariant homomorphism. Specialising this to the case of symmetric M-theory backgrounds (i.e., (M, g, F) with (M, g) an eleven-dimensional Lorentzian (locally) symmetric space and F an invariant closed 4-form), we derive several criteria for such a background to preserve some supersymmetry and consequently find all supersymmetric symmetric M-theory backgrounds.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4928926},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22479585}, journal = {Journal of Mathematical Physics},
issn = {0022-2488},
number = 8,
volume = 56,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat Aug 15 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Sat Aug 15 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}