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Geometry of all supersymmetric four-dimensional ${\cal N}=1$ supergravity backgrounds

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-09 v2

Abstract

We solve the Killing spinor equations of N=1{\cal N}=1 supergravity, with four supercharges, coupled to any number of vector and scalar multiplets in all cases. We find that backgrounds with N=1 supersymmetry admit a null, integrable, Killing vector field. There are two classes of N=2 backgrounds. The spacetime in the first class admits a parallel null vector field and so it is a pp-wave. The spacetime of the other class admits three Killing vector fields, and a vector field that commutes with the three Killing directions. These backgrounds are of cohomogeneity one with homogenous sections either \bR2,1\bR^{2,1} or AdS3AdS_3 and have an interpretation as domain walls. The N=3 backgrounds are locally maximally supersymmetric. There are N=3 backgrounds which arise as discrete identifications of maximally supersymmetric ones. The maximally supersymmetric backgrounds are locally isometric to either \bR3,1\bR^{3,1} or AdS4AdS_4.

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@article{arxiv.0802.1779,
  title  = {Geometry of all supersymmetric four-dimensional ${\cal N}=1$ supergravity backgrounds},
  author = {U. Gran and J. Gutowski and G. Papadopoulos},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0802.1779},
  year   = {2009}
}

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15 pages; minor changes, references added, published version