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Kahler-Einstein and Kahler scalar flat supermanifolds

High Energy Physics - Theory 2016-05-26 v2

Abstract

Two results regarding K\"ahler supermanifolds with potential K=A+CθθˉK=A+C\theta\bar\theta are shown. First, if the supermanifold is K\"ahler-Einstein, then its base (the supermanifold of one lower fermionic dimension and with K\"ahler potential AA) has constant scalar curvature. As a corollary, every constant scalar curvature K\"ahler supermanifold has a unique superextension to a K\"ahler-Einstein supermanifold of one higher fermionic dimension. Second, if the supermanifold is itself scalar flat, then its base satisfies the equation ϕjˉiϕijˉ=2Δ0S0+R0jˉiR0ijˉS02, \phi^{\bar ji}\phi_{i\bar j}=2\Delta_0 S_0 + R_0^{\bar ji}R_{0i\bar j} - S_0^2, where Δ0\Delta_0 is the Laplace operator, S0S_0 is the scalar curvature, and R0ijˉR_{0i\bar j} is the Ricci tensor of the base, and ϕ\phi is some harmonic section on the base. Remarkably, precisely this equation arises in the construction of certain supergravity compactifications. Examples of bosonic manifolds satisfying the equation above are discussed.

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@article{arxiv.1605.03245,
  title  = {Kahler-Einstein and Kahler scalar flat supermanifolds},
  author = {J. P. Ang and Martin Rocek and John Schulman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1605.03245},
  year   = {2016}
}

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9 pages--reference and examples added