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arxiv: 1504.02710 · v3 · submitted 2015-04-10 · ✦ hep-th · gr-qc· math-ph· math.MP

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Geometry of Killing spinors in neutral signature

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We classify the supersymmetric solutions of minimal $N=2$ gauged supergravity in four dimensions with neutral signature. They are distinguished according to the sign of the cosmological constant and whether the vector field constructed as a bilinear of the Killing spinor is null or non-null. In neutral signature the bilinear vector field can be spacelike, which is a new feature not arising in Lorentzian signature. In the $\Lambda<0$ non-null case, the canonical form of the metric is described by a fibration over a three-dimensional base space that has $\text{U}(1)$ holonomy with torsion. We find that a generalized monopole equation determines the twist of the bilinear Killing field, which is reminiscent of an Einstein-Weyl structure. If, moreover, the electromagnetic field strength is self-dual, one gets the Kleinian signature analogue of the Przanowski-Tod class of metrics, namely a pseudo-hermitian spacetime determined by solutions of the continuous Toda equation, conformal to a scalar-flat pseudo-K\"ahler manifold, and admitting in addition a charged conformal Killing spinor. In the $\Lambda<0$ null case, the supersymmetric solutions define an integrable null K\"ahler structure. In the $\Lambda>0$ non-null case, the manifold is a fibration over a Lorentzian Gauduchon-Tod base space. Finally, in the $\Lambda>0$ null class, the metric is contained in the Kundt family, and it turns out that the holonomy is reduced to ${\rm Sim}(1)\times{\rm Sim}(1)$. There appear no self-dual solutions in the null class for either sign of the cosmological constant.

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