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The Strominger System and Flows by the Ricci Tensor

Differential Geometry 2025-07-11 v4 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

This is a survey on the Strominger system and a geometric flow known as the anomaly flow. We will discuss various aspects of non-K\"ahler geometry on Calabi-Yau threefolds. Along the way, we discuss balanced metrics and balanced classes, the Aeppli cohomology class associated to a solution to the Strominger system, the equations of motion of heterotic supergravity, and a version of Ricci flow in this special geometry.

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@article{arxiv.2402.17770,
  title  = {The Strominger System and Flows by the Ricci Tensor},
  author = {Sébastien Picard},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2402.17770},
  year   = {2025}
}

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