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The relationship between spinors and Clifford (or geometric) algebra has long been studied, but little consistency may be found between the various approaches. However, when spinors are defined to be elements of the even subalgebra of some…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Matthew R. Francis , Arthur Kosowsky

We present a theorem describing a dual relation between the local geometry of a space admitting a symmetric second-rank Killing tensor, and the local geometry of a space with a metric specified by this Killing tensor. The relation can be…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 R. H. Rietdijk , J. W. van Holten

We present a generalization of the spinor and twistor geometry for on (pseudo) Riemannian manifolds enabled with nonholonomic distributions or for Finsler-Cartan spaces modelled on tangent Lorentz bundles. Nonholonomic (Finsler) twistors…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-06-01 Sergiu I. Vacaru

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

In this thesis, we investigate the method of conformal renormalization applied to theories with degrees of freedom beyond the metric ones. Specifically, we examine this method in the presence of a scalar field. To do this, as part of a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-11-13 Mairym Busnego-Barrientos

We analyse supersymmetric near-horizon geometries of extremal black holes in $N=(1,0)$, $D=6$ supergravity with one tensor multiplet and $U(1)$ $R$-symmetry gauging. Assuming smooth bosonic fields and a compact, connected, boundaryless…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-03-31 U. Kayani

We solve the Killing spinor equations of standard and massive IIA supergravities for a Killing spinor whose isotropy subgroup in Spin(9, 1) is SU(4) and identify the geometry of the spacetime. We demonstrate that the Killing spinor…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-01-27 Ulf Gran , George Papadopoulos , Christian von Schultz

We employ the G-structure formalism to study supersymmetric solutions of minimal and SU(2) gauged supergravities in seven dimensions admitting Killing spinors with associated timelike Killing vector. The most general such Killing spinor…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 Marco Cariglia , Oisin A. P. Mac Conamhna

We classify all pseudo-supersymmetric near horizon geometries of extremal black holes in five dimensional de-Sitter supergravity coupled to vector multiplets. We find that there are three types of solution. The first type corresponds to the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-05-20 J. B. Gutowski , W. A. Sabra

A Sasakian quasi-Killing spinor (SqK-spinor), which is a generalization of a Killing spinor on Sasakian manifolds, was defined in \cite{Kim Friedrich 2000}.The purpose of this paper is to study in detail SqK-spinors on three-dimensional…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-07-29 Satsuki Matsuno , Fumihiro Ueno

Any spacetime containing a degenerate Killing horizon, such as an extremal black hole, possesses a well-defined notion of a near-horizon geometry. We review such near-horizon geometry solutions in a variety of dimensions and theories in a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-16 Hari K. Kunduri , James Lucietti

The purpose of this work is to present some basic concepts about the non-linear sigma model in a simple and direct way. We start with showing the bosonic model and the Wess-Zumino-Witten term, making some comments about its topological…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-09-25 Breno C. O. Imbiriba

The seven and nine dimensional geometries associated with certain classes of supersymmetric $AdS_3$ and $AdS_2$ solutions of type IIB and D=11 supergravity, respectively, have many similarities with Sasaki-Einstein geometry. We further…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Jerome P. Gauntlett , Nakwoo Kim

We construct new supersymmetric solutions to the Euclidean Einstein-Maxwell theory with a non-vanishing cosmological constant, and for which the Maxwell field strength is neither self-dual or anti-self-dual. We find that there are three…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-04-04 M. Dunajski , J. B. Gutowski , W. A. Sabra , Paul Tod

We consider two-dimensional $\mathcal{N}=(2,2)$ supersymmetric field theories living on a weighted projective space $\mathbb{WCP}_{[n_1,n_2]}^1$, often referred to as a spindle. Starting from the spindle solution of five-dimensional minimal…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-11-04 Imtak Jeon , Hyojoong Kim , Nakwoo Kim , Aaron Poole , Augniva Ray

We introduce a spin field approach, that is compatible with the Cartan moving frame method, to describe the submanifold in a flat space. In fact, we consider a kind of spin field $\psi$, that satisfies a Killing spin field equation…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2024-06-21 Shou-Jyun Zou

The supersymmetry properties of Killing vectors and spinors in supergravity theory can be clarified by relating them to Killing supervectors in the supergravity superspace. In the superspace approach it is manifest that supersymmetry…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-11-05 Igor Bandos , Patrick Meessen , Tomás Ortín

Stationary solutions of 5D supergravity with U(1) isometry can be efficiently studied by dimensional reduction to three dimensions, where they reduce to solutions to a locally supersymmetric non-linear sigma model. We generalize this…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-02-19 Micha Berkooz , Boris Pioline

We generalize the symmetry superalgebras of isometries and geometric Killing spinors on a manifold to include all the hidden symmetries of the manifold generated by Killing spinors in all dimensions. We show that bilinears of geometric…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2021-05-27 Özgür Açık , Ümit Ertem

The killing spinor of a linearly confining supergravity background previously proposed and argued to produce features of pure N=1 SU(N) gauge theory in four dimensions is constructed directly using the supersymmetry variations of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-01-10 Girma Hailu