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Hodge Duals in Spherical Compactifications

High Energy Physics - Theory 2025-07-10 v1

Abstract

We present a general formalism for computing the Hodge dual of differential forms in arbitrary dimensions subject to a spherical constraint. This problem arises naturally in Kaluza-Klein compactifications, where sphere reductions demand careful treatment of differential forms constrained to lie on embedded submanifolds. We derive an explicit expression for the Hodge dual of a pp-form in the presence of such constraints and validate our general ansatz through illustrative examples in three dimensions, including both flat and diagonal metric backgrounds. The resulting framework offers a systematic and practical tool for handling constrained Hodge duals, with direct applications to consistent truncations in supergravity and string theory compactifications.

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@article{arxiv.2507.06324,
  title  = {Hodge Duals in Spherical Compactifications},
  author = {Arash Azizi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.06324},
  year   = {2025}
}

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13 pages, PRD version

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