Covariantly constant forms on torsionful geometries from world-sheet and spacetime perspectives

DOI10.1007/JHEP09(2010)100zbMath1291.81278arXiv1004.2824MaRDI QIDQ2250487

Paul S. Howe, George Papadopoulos, Vid Stojevic

Publication date: 7 July 2014

Published in: Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1004.2824

zbMATH Keywords

sigma modelsconformal and W symmetryflux compactificationssuperstrings and heterotic strings

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics (81T60) Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Classes of solutions; algebraically special solutions, metrics with symmetries for problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C20) Issues of holonomy in differential geometry (53C29)

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