Flux compactifications of M-theory on twisted tori

Hull, Christopher M.; Reid-Edwards, Ronald A.

Abstract

We find the bosonic sector of the gauged supergravities that are obtained from 11-dimensional supergravity by Scherk-Schwarz dimensional reduction with flux to any dimension D. We show that, if certain obstructions are absent, the Scherk-Schwarz ansatz for a finite set of D-dimensional fields can be extended to a full compactification of M-theory, including an infinite tower of Kaluza-Klein fields. The internal space is obtained from a group manifold (which may be non-compact) by a discrete identification. We discuss the symmetry algebra and the symmetry breaking patterns and illustrate these with particular examples. We discuss the action of U-duality on these theories in terms of symmetries of the D-dimensional supergravity, and argue that in general it will take geometric flux compactifications to M-theory on non-geometric backgrounds, such as U-folds with U-duality transition functions.

Citation

Hull, C. M., & Reid-Edwards, R. A. (2006). Flux compactifications of M-theory on twisted tori. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2006(10), 086-086. https://doi.org/10.1088/1126-6708/2006/10/086

• Journal Article Type: Review
• Acceptance Date: Sep 27, 2006
• Online Publication Date: Oct 30, 2006
• Publication Date: Oct 30, 2006
• Deposit Date: Jul 13, 2018
• Journal: Journal of High Energy Physics
• Electronic ISSN: 1029-8479
• Publisher: Springer Verlag
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 2006
• Issue: 10
• Pages: 086-086
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1126-6708/2006/10/086
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/926548
• Publisher URL: http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1126-6708/2006/10/086/meta
• Contract Date: Jul 13, 2018