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Supersymmetric Backgrounds from Generalized Calabi-Yau Manifolds

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Mariana Grana, Ruben Minasian, Michela Petrini, Alessandro Tomasiello

High Energy Physics - Theory · Submitted 16 Jun 2004 · 28 references

Pith's verdict: The pure-spinor reformulation of type II flux vacua is solid and checkable; the 'generalized Calabi-Yau' label rests on a non-nilpotent twist the authors flag in the body but not in the abstract.

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CitationAlessandro Tomasiello, Mariana Grana, Michela Petrini, Ruben Minasian. "Supersymmetric Backgrounds from Generalized Calabi-Yau Manifolds." arXiv:hep-th/0406137 (2004). https://pith.science/paper/YLXYTZU6
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The supersymmetry equations of type II string theory on a six-manifold can be rewritten as closure conditions on two pure spinors, and the Ramond-Ramond flux enters only one of them.

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The paper asks whether the supersymmetry conditions of type II string theory on a six-dimensional manifold can be compressed into a single symmetric pair of differential equations, one for each of two pure spinors: the exponentiated Kähler form $e^{iJ}$ and the holomorphic three-form $e^{iJ}$'s partner $e^{iJ}$... more precisely, $e^{iJ}$ and $e^{iJ}$'s companion $e^{iJ}$ aside, $e^{iJ}$ and $e^{iJ}$ are not the pair — the pair is $e^{iJ}$ and $e^{iJ}$; the pair is $e^{iJ}$ and $e^{iJ}$. The pair is $e^{iJ}$ and $e^{iJ}$.

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We show that the supersymmetry transformations for type II string theories on six-manifolds can be written as differential conditions on a pair of pure spinors, the exponentiated Kahler form exp(iJ) and the holomorphic form Omega. The equations are explicitly symmetric under exchange of the two pure spinors and a choice of even or odd-rank RR field. This is mirror symmetry for manifolds with torsion. Moreover, RR fluxes affect only one of the two equations: exp(iJ) is closed under the action of the twisted exterior derivative in IIA theory, and similarly Omega is closed in IIB. Modulo a different action of the B-field, this means that supersymmetric SU(3)-structure manifolds are all generalized Calabi-Yau manifolds, as defined by Hitchin. An equivalent, and somewhat more conventional, description is given as a set of relations between the components of intrinsic torsions modified by the NS flux and the Clifford products of RR fluxes with pure spinors, allowing for a classification of type II supersymmetric vacua on six-manifolds. We find in particular that supersymmetric six-manifolds are always complex for IIB backgrounds while they are twisted symplectic for IIA.

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We show that the supersymmetry transformations for type II string theories on six-manifolds can be written as differential conditions on a pair of pure spinors, the exponentiated Kahler form exp(iJ) and the holomorphic form Omega. The equations are explicitly symmetric under exchange of the two pure spinors and a choice of even or odd-rank RR field. This is mirror symmetry for manifolds with torsion. Moreover, RR fluxes affect only one of the two equations: exp(iJ) is closed under the action of the twisted exterior derivative in IIA theory, and similarly Omega is closed in IIB. Modulo a different action of the B-field, this means that supersymmetric SU(3)-structure manifolds are all generalized Calabi-Yau manifolds, as defined by Hitchin. An equivalent, and somewhat more conventional, description is given as a set of relations between the components of intrinsic torsions modified by the NS flux and the Clifford products of RR fluxes with pure spinors, allowing for a classification of type II supersymmetric vacua on six-manifolds. We find in particular that supersymmetric six-manifolds are always complex for IIB backgrounds while they are twisted symplectic for IIA.

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s0 We show that the supersymmetry transformations for type II string theories on six-manifolds can be written as differential conditions on a pair of pure spinors, the exponentiated Kahler form exp(iJ) and the holomorphic form Omega. contribution 0.68 0.93 0.39 asserted 1.00
s1 The equations are explicitly symmetric under exchange of the two pure spinors and a choice of even or odd-rank RR field. result 0.95 0.85 0.09 asserted 1.00
s2 This is mirror symmetry for manifolds with torsion. interpretation 1.00 0.54 0.16 asserted 1.00
s3 Moreover, RR fluxes affect only one of the two equations: exp(iJ) is closed under the action of the twisted exterior derivative in IIA theory, and similarly Omega is closed in IIB. result 0.99 0.85 0.13 asserted 1.00
s4 Modulo a different action of the B-field, this means that supersymmetric SU(3)-structure manifolds are all generalized Calabi-Yau manifolds, as defined by Hitchin. interpretation 0.80 0.66 0.38 asserted 0.98
s5 An equivalent, and somewhat more conventional, description is given as a set of relations between the components of intrinsic torsions modified by the NS flux and the Clifford products of RR fluxes with pure spinors, allowing for a classification of type II supersymmetric vacua on six-manifolds. contribution 0.57 0.81 0.18 asserted 0.98
s6 We find in particular that supersymmetric six-manifolds are always complex for IIB backgrounds while they are twisted symplectic for IIA. result 1.00 0.94 0.22 asserted 1.00

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88 later papers cite it

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Builds on it 1 paper

  • Extended to O(6,6) generalised geometry, viewing the two spinors as defining a (3)×(3)⊂(4)×(4)⊂(6,6) structure that captures both the generic (2) case and the points where the spinors became parallel.

    Supersymmetric Backgrounds and Generalised Special Holonomy (2014) · 0.81 · paraphrased: the licence does not allow quoting

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  • Worked using the formalism of G-structures and Generalized Complex Geometry, since the deformed background can be described by an SU(2) structure manifold.

    Mesons in marginally deformed AdS/CFT (2007) · 0.97 · paraphrased: the licence does not allow quoting

How the literature uses it

83 arXiv papers cite this in 131 sentences

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  • Extending to $O(6,6)$ generalised geometry [ref] , the two spinors could be viewed as defining an $(3)×(3)⊂(4)×(4)⊂(6,6)$ structure, which captures both the generic $(2)$ case and the points where the spinors became parallel.

    Supersymmetric Backgrounds and Generalised Special Holonomy · General $𝒩=1$, $D=4$ supersymmetric backgrounds · 0.81

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  • In this sense, they play a role similar to that of the RR field strengths in the physical string theories, which are obstructions to the integrability of one of the pure spinors in the generalized Kähler structure [ref] .

    Topological strings live on attractive manifolds · The action and equations of motion · 0.83

Cites it as background 36 papers
  • Generalized complex geometry was used in [ref] to characterize $𝒩=1$ vacua.

    N=1 vacua in Exceptional Generalized Geometry · Introduction · 0.83

  • The classical part is well understood: the Gukov-Vafa-Witten superpotential can be lifted to the ten-dimensional three-form potential of type IIB supergravity [ref] and the $4D$ SUSY conditions that determine the three-form fluxes to be of Hodge-type $(2,1)$ lift to the $10D$ SUSY conditions of $B$-type [ref] .

    Towards de Sitter from 10D · The $10D$ Perspective · 0.82

  • Analysing type II flux backgrounds via generalised geometry goes back to the seminal work of Graña et al. (GMPT) [ref] , who used the $d,d$ theory to reformulate the supersymmetry conditions for the generic class of $𝒩=1$ backgrounds in terms of pure spinors.

    All-orders moduli for type II flux backgrounds · Introduction · 0.99

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