Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
2001-08-31
Phys.Rev.D65:106004,2002
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
Latex, 60 pages, references added, formulae corrected and additional discussion on the asymptotic flow of N(k,l) cases added
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevD.65.106004
In this paper, we look for metrics of cohomogeneity one in D=8 and D=7 dimensions with Spin(7) and G_2 holonomy respectively. In D=8, we first consider the case of principal orbits that are S^7, viewed as an S^3 bundle over S^4 with triaxial squashing of the S^3 fibres. This gives a more general system of first-order equations for Spin(7) holonomy than has been solved previously. Using numerical methods, we establish the existence of new non-singular asymptotically locally conical (ALC) Spin(7) metrics on line bundles over \CP^3, with a non-trivial parameter that characterises the homogeneous squashing of CP^3. We then consider the case where the principal orbits are the Aloff-Wallach spaces N(k,\ell)=SU(3)/U(1), where the integers k and \ell characterise the embedding of U(1). We find new ALC and AC metrics of Spin(7) holonomy, as solutions of the first-order equations that we obtained previously in hep-th/0102185. These include certain explicit ALC metrics for all N(k,\ell), and numerical and perturbative results for ALC families with AC limits. We then study D=7 metrics of $G_2$ holonomy, and find new explicit examples, which, however, are singular, where the principal orbits are the flag manifold SU(3)/(U(1)\times U(1)). We also obtain numerical results for new non-singular metrics with principal orbits that are S^3\times S^3. Additional topics include a detailed and explicit discussion of the Einstein metrics on N(k,\ell), and an explicit parameterisation of SU(3).
Cvetic Mirjam
Gibbons Gary W.
Lu Hai
Pope Christopher N.
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