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We develop a new framework for the study of generalized Killing spinors, where generalized Killing spinor equations, possibly with constraints, can be formulated equivalently as systems of partial differential equations for a polyform…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2022-02-15 Vicente Cortés , Calin Lazaroiu , C. S. Shahbazi

We introduce spin-harmonic structures, a class of geometric structures on Riemannian manifolds of low dimension which are defined by a harmonic unitary spinor. Such structures are related to SU(2) (dim=4,5), SU(3) (dim=6) and G_2 (dim=7)…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2022-01-17 Giovanni Bazzoni , Lucia Martin-Merchan , Vicente Munoz

We consider spin manifolds with an Einstein metric, either Riemannian or indefinite, for which there exists a Killing spinor. We describe the intrinsic geometry of nondegenerate hypersurfaces in terms of a PDE satisfied by a pair of induced…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-04-19 Diego Conti , Romeo Segnan Dalmasso

We describe a class of spinor-curvature identities which exist for Riemannian or Riemann-Cartan geometries. Each identity relates an expression quadratic in the covariant derivative of a spinor field with an expression linear in the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-04-06 James M. Nester , Roh Suan Tung , Vadim V. Zhytnikov

We study normal CR compact manifolds in dimension 3. For a choice of a CR Reeb vector field, we associate a Sasakian metric on them, and we classify those metrics. As a consequence, the underlying manifolds are topologically finite quotiens…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 F. A. Belgun

We define new Riemannian structures on 7-manifolds by a differential form of mixed degree which is the critical point of a (possibly constrained) variational problem over a fixed cohomology class. The unconstrained critical points…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2009-11-10 Frederik Witt

It is shown that every bundle $\varSigma\to M$ of complex spinor modules over the Clifford bundle $\Cl(g)$ of a Riemannian space $(M,g)$ with local model $(V,h)$ is associated with an lpin ("Lipschitz") structure on $M$, this being a…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Thomas Friedrich , Andrzej Trautman

We define and discuss an extension of the SpinC quantization concept to odd-dimensional manifolds. After that we describe its relation to (the usual) even-dimensional SpinC quantization and how its famous properties like "Quantization…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2011-10-25 Johannes Fabian Meier

In this paper, we study the existence of a skew Killing spinor (see the definition below) on 2 and 3-dimensional Riemannian spin manifolds. We establish the integrability conditions and prove that these spinor fields correspond to twistor…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2013-02-26 Georges Habib , Julien Roth

We describe, by their holonomy groups, all complete simply connected irreducible non-locally symmetric pseudo-Riemannian SpinC manifolds which admit parallel spinors. So we generalize the Riemannian SpinC case and the pseudo-Riemannian Spin…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Aziz Ikemakhen

A non-linear generalization of the Dirac operator in 4-dimensions, obtained by replacing the spinor representation with a hyperKahler manifold admitting certain symmetries, is considered. We show that the existence of a covariantly…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-08-25 Varun Thakre

Spinor bilinears of generalized spinors and their properties are investigated. Generalized Killing and twistor spinor equations are considered and their relations to the equations satisfied by special types of differential forms are found.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-12-29 Özgür Açık , Ümit Ertem , Özgür Kelekçi

We review the topological structure, sitting in any supergravity theory, which has been recently discovered in arXiv: 1801.04940. We describe how such a structure allows for a cohomological reformulation of the generalized Killing spinor…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-01-30 Dario Rosa

Causal fermion systems and Riemannian fermion systems are proposed as a framework for describing non-smooth geometries. In particular, this framework provides a setting for spinors on singular spaces. The underlying topological structures…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2019-05-06 Felix Finster , Niky Kamran

We investigate the relationship between conformal and spin structure on lorentzian manifolds and see how their compatibility influences the formulation of rigid supersymmetric field theories. In dimensions three, four, six and ten, we show…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2012-09-28 Paul de Medeiros

In this text we combine the notions of supergeometry and supersymmetry. We construct a special class of supermanifolds whose reduced manifolds are (pseudo) Riemannian manifolds. These supermanifolds allow us to treat vector fields on the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-01-15 Frank Klinker

We study geometric structures of $\mathcal{W}_4$-type in the sense of A. Gray on a Riemannian manifold. If the structure group $\mathrm{G} \subset \SO(n)$ preserves a spinor or a non-degenerate differential form, its intrinsic torsion…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2013-11-06 Ilka Agricola , Thomas Friedrich

We study the types of non-integrable $\mathrm{G}$-structures on Riemannian manifolds. In particular, geometric types admitting a connection with totally skew-symmetric torsion are characterized. 8-dimensional manifolds equipped with a…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Thomas Friedrich

Conformal Killing forms are a natural generalization of conformal vector fields on Riemannian manifolds. They are defined as sections in the kernel of a conformally invariant first order differential operator. We show the existence of…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 U. Semmelmann

We give a spinorial construction of Sasakian and 3-Sasakian structures in arbitrary dimension, generalizing previously known results in dimensions 5 and 7. Furthermore, we obtain a complete description of the space of invariant spinors on a…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-01-17 Jordan Hofmann