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Type-II Calabi-Yau compactifications, T-duality and special geometry in general spacetime signature

High Energy Physics - Theory 2022-02-23 v2

Abstract

We obtain the bosonic Lagrangians of vector and hypermultiplets coupled to four-dimensional N=2\mathcal{N}=2 supergravity in signatures (0,4)(0,4), (1,3)(1,3) and (2,2) by compactification of type-II string theories in signatures (0,10), (1,9) and (2,8) on a Calabi-Yau threefold. Depending on the signature and the distinctions between type-IIA/IIA^*/IIB/IIB^*/IIB' the resulting scalar geometries are special K\"ahler or special para-K\"ahler for vector multiplets and quaternion-K\"ahler or para-quaternion K\"ahler for hypermultiplets. By spacelike and timelike reductions we obtain three-dimensional N=4\mathcal{N}=4 supergravity theories coupled to two sets of hypermultiplets. We determine the c-maps relating vector to hypermultiplets, and show how the four-dimensional theories are related by spacelike, timelike and mixed, signature-changing T-dualities.

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@article{arxiv.2111.09017,
  title  = {Type-II Calabi-Yau compactifications, T-duality and special geometry in general spacetime signature},
  author = {M. Medevielle and T. Mohaupt and G. Pope},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2111.09017},
  year   = {2022}
}

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42 pages (including 10 page appendix), 14 tables, 2 figures. v2: LaTeX problem with arXiv identifiers fixed