Eight-Dimensional Topological Gravity and its Correspondence with Supergravity

Details Eight-Dimensional Topological Gravity and its Correspondence with Supergravity Eight-Dimensional Topological Gravity and its Correspondence with Supergravity

2002-07-02

arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0207020v1

Phys.Lett. B543 (2002) 291-295

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

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A topological theory for euclidean gravity in eight dimensions is built by enforcing octonionic self-duality conditions on the spin connection. The eight-dimensional manifold must be of a special type, with G_2 or Spin(7) holonomy. The resulting theory is related to a twisted version of N=1, D=8 supergravity. The situation is comparable to that of the topological Yang--Mills theory in eight dimensions, for which the SO(8) invariance is broken down to Spin(7), but is recovered after untwisting the topological theory.

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