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We solve the Killing-Yano equation on manifolds with a $G$-structure for $G=SO(n), U(n), SU(n), Sp(n)\cdot Sp(1), Sp(n), G_2$ and $Spin(7)$. Solutions include nearly-K\"ahler, weak holonomy $G_2$, balanced SU(n) and holonomy $G$ manifolds.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 G. Papadopoulos

Generic distributions on 5- and 6-manifolds give rise to conformal structures that were discovered by P. Nurowski resp. R. Bryant. We describe both as Fefferman-type constructions and show that for orientable distributions one obtains…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2011-04-29 Matthias Hammerl , Katja Sagerschnig

We show that a Killing field on a compact pseudo-K\"ahler ddbar manifold is necessarily (real) holomorphic. Our argument works without the ddbar assumption in real dimension four. The claim about holomorphicity of Killing fields on compact…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-12-19 Andrzej Derdzinski , Ivo Terek

Certain supergravity theories admit a remarkable consistent dimensional reduction in which the internal space is a sphere. Examples include type IIB supergravity reduced on S^5, and eleven-dimensional supergravity reduced on S^4 or S^7.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-05-28 H. Lu , C. N. Pope , Zhao-Long Wang

We classify Riemannian $\text{spin}^c$ manifolds carrying a type I imaginary generalized Killing spinor, by explicitly constructing a parallel spinor on each leaf of the canonical foliation given by the Dirac current. We also provide a…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-10-08 Samuel Lockman

We study superconformal and supersymmetric theories on Euclidean four- and three-manifolds with a view toward holographic applications. Preserved supersymmetry for asymptotically locally AdS solutions implies the existence of a (charged)…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-05 Claudius Klare , Alessandro Tomasiello , Alberto Zaffaroni

Motivated by the study of Killing forms on compact Riemannian manifolds of negative sectional curvature, we introduce the notion of generalized vector cross products on $\mathbb{R}^n$ and give their classification. Using previous results…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-06-15 Maria Laura Barberis , Andrei Moroianu , Uwe Semmelmann

We provide a general method for studying manifestly $O(n+1)$ covariant formulation of $p$-form gauge theories by stereographically projecting these theories, defined in flat Euclidean space, onto the surface of a hypersphere. The gauge…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 Rabin Banerjee

We compute the scalar curvature of 7-dimensional ${G}_2$-manifolds admitting a connection with totally skew-symmetric torsion. We prove the formula for the general solution of the Killing spinor equation and express the Riemannian scalar…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-06-26 Thomas Friedrich , Stefan Ivanov

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

A non-trivial spinor field $\psi$ is called a generalized imaginary $\mathrm{Spin}^c$-Killing spinor if $\nabla^{g,A} _X \psi = i\mu X \cdot \psi$ for all vector fields $X$, where $\mu$ is a real function that is not identically zero and…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-05-11 José Luis Carmona Jiménez

Riemannian manifolds with non-zero Killing spinors are Einstein manifolds. Klaus Kr\"{o}ncke proved that all complete Riemannian manifolds with imaginary Killing spinors are (linearly) strictly stable in \cite{Kro15}. In this paper, we…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2017-11-27 Changliang Wang

Killing forms on Riemannian manifolds are differential forms whose covariant derivative is totally skew-symmetric. We show that on a compact manifold with holonomy G2 or Spin7 any Killing form has to be parallel. The main tool is a…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Uwe Semmelmann

We consider geometric and supergravity Killing spinors and the spinor bilinears constructed out of them. The spinor bilinears of geometric Killing spinors correspond to the antisymmetric generalizations of Killing vector fields which are…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-07-18 Özgür Açık , Ümit Ertem

The generalized Fierz identities are addressed in the K\"ahler-Atiyah bundle framework from the perspective of the equations governing constrained generalized Killing spinor fields. We explore the spin geometry in a Riemannian 8-manifold…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-07-25 D. Fabri Gonçalves , R. da Rocha

Motivated by open problems in F-theory, we reconsider warped compactifications of M theory on 8-manifolds to AdS3 spaces in the presence of a non-trivial field strength of the M-theory 3-form, studying the most general conditions under…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2013-10-22 Elena-Mirela Babalic , Calin-Iuliu Lazaroiu

We examine the behaviour of Killing spinors on AdS5 under various discrete symmetries of the spacetime. In this way we discover a number of supersymmetric orbifolds, reproducing the known ones and adding a few novel ones to the list. These…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-11-18 Bahniman Ghosh , Sunil Mukhi

We extend the spinorial geometry techniques developed for the solution of supergravity Killing spinor equations to the kappa symmetry condition for supersymmetric brane probe configurations in any supergravity background. In particular, we…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-11 G. Papadopoulos , P. Sloane

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

Integrable Killing tensors are used to classify orthogonal coordinates in which the classical Hamilton-Jacobi equation can be solved by a separation of variables. We completely solve the Nijenhuis integrability conditions for Killing…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2014-07-30 Konrad Schöbel