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Domain wall flow equations and SU(3)xSU(3) structure compactifications

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-12-22 v3

Abstract

We study supersymmetric domain wall solutions in four dimensions arising from the compactification of type II supergravity on a SU(3)xSU(3) structure manifold. Using a pure spinor approach, we show that the supersymmetry variations can be reinterpreted as a generalisation of the Hitchin flow equations and describe the embedding of a SU(3)xSU(3) structure manifold into a G_2xG_2 structure manifold. We find a precise agreement between the four- and ten-dimensional supergravity results. The flow equations derived here should have applications in constructing the gravity duals of Chern-Simons-matter conformal field theories.

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@article{arxiv.0905.1334,
  title  = {Domain wall flow equations and SU(3)xSU(3) structure compactifications},
  author = {Paul Smyth and Silvia Vaulà},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0905.1334},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

54 pages. v2: references added and acknowledgments updated. v3: published version

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