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Kodaira-Spencer theory for flux backgrounds

High Energy Physics - Theory 2026-04-29 v1 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We give an explicit description (in component fields) of a holomorphic theory associated to a general supersymmetric background of N=1\mathcal N=1 supergravity in ten dimensions. Conjecturally, this provides a sought-for holomorphic realisation of the supergravity twist in such backgrounds, generalising the minimal type I BCOV theory for Calabi-Yau manifolds. Our theory unpacks the recently introduced Courant contact model associated to a holomorphic Courant algebroid. We also show that a coisotropic reduction of this model reproduces the recent model of ref [1], which is formulated in terms of constrained fields.

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@article{arxiv.2604.25803,
  title  = {Kodaira-Spencer theory for flux backgrounds},
  author = {Caleb Jonker and Julian Kupka and Ingmar Saberi and Charles Strickland-Constable and Fridrich Valach},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.25803},
  year   = {2026}
}

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5 pages