Sasakian Geometry, Holonomy, and Supersymmetry
Differential Geometry
2007-09-13 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory
Mathematical Physics
math.MP
Abstract
In this expository article we discuss the relations between Sasakian geometry, reduced holonomy and supersymmetry. It is well known that the Riemannian manifolds other than the round spheres that admit real Killing spinors are precisely Sasaki-Einstein manifolds, 7-manifolds with a nearly parallel G2 structure, and nearly Kaehler 6-manifolds. We then discuss the relations between the latter two and Sasaki-Einstein geometry.
Cite
@article{arxiv.math/0703231,
title = {Sasakian Geometry, Holonomy, and Supersymmetry},
author = {Charles P. Boyer and Krzysztof Galicki},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0703231},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
40 pages, some minor corrections made, to appear in the Handbook of pseudo-Riemannian Geometry and Supersymmetry