Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
2005-11-04
JHEP 0604 (2006) 027
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
24 pages. V2: introduction slightly extended, typos corrected in the text, references added. V3: the role of Spin(7) clarified
Scientific paper
10.1088/1126-6708/2006/04/027
The requirement of ${\cal N}=1$ supersymmetry for M-theory backgrounds of the form of a warped product ${\cal M}\times_{w}X$, where $X$ is an eight-manifold and ${\cal M}$ is three-dimensional Minkowski or AdS space, implies the existence of a nowhere-vanishing Majorana spinor $\xi$ on $X$. $\xi$ lifts to a nowhere-vanishing spinor on the auxiliary nine-manifold $Y:=X\times S^1$, where $S^1$ is a circle of constant radius, implying the reduction of the structure group of $Y$ to $Spin(7)$. In general, however, there is no reduction of the structure group of $X$ itself. This situation can be described in the language of generalized $Spin(7)$ structures, defined in terms of certain spinors of $Spin(TY\oplus T^*Y)$. We express the condition for ${\cal N}=1$ supersymmetry in terms of differential equations for these spinors. In an equivalent formulation, working locally in the vicinity of any point in $X$ in terms of a `preferred' $Spin(7)$ structure, we show that the requirement of ${\cal N}=1$ supersymmetry amounts to solving for the intrinsic torsion and all irreducible flux components, except for the one lying in the $\bf{27}$ of $Spin(7)$, in terms of the warp factor and a one-form $L$ on $X$ (not necessarily nowhere-vanishing) constructed as a $\xi$ bilinear; in addition, $L$ is constrained to satisfy a pair of differential equations. The formalism based on the group $Spin(7)$ is the most suitable language in which to describe supersymmetric compactifications on eight-manifolds of $Spin(7)$ structure, and/or small-flux perturbations around supersymmetric compactifications on manifolds of $Spin(7)$ holonomy.
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