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Flux compactifications of M-theory on twisted tori

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

Authors

Christopher M. Hull

Ronald A. Reid-Edwards



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
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
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