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On certain classes of $Sp(2,R)$ symmetric $G_2$ structures

Differential Geometry 2019-08-14 v1

Abstract

We find two different families of Sp(2,R)Sp(2,R) symmetric G2G_2 structures in seven dimensions. These are G2G_2 structures with G2G_2 being the split real form of the simple exceptional complex Lie group G2G_2. The first family has τ20\tau_2\equiv 0, while the second family has τ1τ20\tau_1\equiv\tau_2\equiv 0. The families are different in the sense that the first one lives on a homogoneous space Sp(2,R)/SL(2,R)lSp(2,R)/SL(2,R)_l, and the second one lives on a homogeneous space Sp(2,R)/Sl(2,R)sSp(2,R)/Sl(2,R)_s. Here SL(2,R)lSL(2,R)_l is an SL(2,R)SL(2,R) corresponding to the sl(2,R)\mathfrak{sl}(2,R) related to the long roots in the root diagram of sp(2,R)\mathfrak{sp}(2,R), and SL(2,R)sSL(2,R)_s is an SL(2,R)SL(2,R) corresponding to the sl(2,R)\mathfrak{sl}(2,R) related to the short roots in the root diagram of sp(2,R)\mathfrak{sp}(2,R).

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@article{arxiv.1908.04544,
  title  = {On certain classes of $Sp(2,R)$ symmetric $G_2$ structures},
  author = {Paweł Nurowski},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1908.04544},
  year   = {2019}
}
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