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Supergravity description of spacetime instantons

High Energy Physics - Theory 2008-11-26 v2

Abstract

We present and discuss BPS instanton solutions that appear in type II string theory compactifications on Calabi-Yau threefolds. From an effective action point of view these arise as finite action solutions of the Euclidean equations of motion in four-dimensional N=2 supergravity coupled to tensor multiplets. As a solution generating technique we make use of the c-map, which produces instanton solutions from either Euclidean black holes or from Taub-NUT like geometries.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0607055,
  title  = {Supergravity description of spacetime instantons},
  author = {Mathijs de Vroome and Stefan Vandoren},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0607055},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

35 pages, some clarifications added

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