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We extend the classical theory of sphere theorems to the transverse geometry of Riemannian foliations. In this setting, we establish transverse analogues of the Grove-Shiohama diameter sphere theorem and of the Berger-Klingenberg…

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In this paper, the Dirac, twistor and Killing equations on Weyl manifolds with CSpin structures are investigated. A conformal Schr"odinger-Lichnerowicz formula is presented and used to show integrability conditions for these equations. By…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Volker Buchholz

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 prove a classification result for ground state solutions of the critical Dirac equation on $\mathbb{R}^n$, $n\geq2$. By exploiting its conformal covariance, the equation can be posed on the round sphere $\mathbb{S}^n$ and the non-zero…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-03-17 William Borrelli , Andrea Malchiodi , Ruijun Wu

We have found generic Killing spinor identities which bosonic equations of motion have to satisfy in supersymmetric theories if the solutions admit Killing spinors. Those identities constrain possible quantum corrections to bosonic…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Renata Kallosh , Tomas Ortin

We consider Einstein gravity coupled to an n-form field strength in D dimensions. Such a theory cannot be supersymmetrized in general, we nevertheless propose a pseudo-Killing spinor equation and show that the AdS X Sphere vacua have the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-07-05 H. Lu , Zhao-Long Wang

Killing forms on Riemannian manifolds are differential forms whose covariant derivative is totally skew--symmetric. We show that a compact simply connected symmetric space carries a non--parallel Killing $p$--form ($p\ge2$) if and only if…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-01-08 Florin Belgun , Andrei Moroianu , Uwe Semmelmann

We propose a new method to solve the Killing spinor equations of eleven-dimensional supergravity based on a description of spinors in terms of forms and on the Spin(1,10) gauge symmetry of the supercovariant derivative. We give the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-09 Joe Gillard , Ulf Gran , George Papadopoulos

We derive various pinching results for small Dirac eigenvalues using the classification of $\text{spin}^c$ and spin manifolds admitting nontrivial Killing spinors. For this, we introduce a notion of convergence for $\text{spin}^c$ manifolds…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2017-06-14 Saskia Roos

The generalized Killing equations for the configuration space of spinning particles (spinning space) are analysed. Solutions of these equations are expressed in terms of Killing-Yano tensors. In general the constants of motion can be seen…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-30 Mihai Visinescu

Motivated by supersymmetry methods in general relativity, we study four-dimensional Lorentzian space-times with a complex Dirac spinor field satisfying a Killing-spinor-like equation where the Killing constant is promoted to a complex…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-07-02 Bernardo Araneda , Ángel J. Murcia

We construct the Killing spinors for a class of supersymmetric solutions of type IIB supergravity that are invariant under the non-relativistic Schrodinger algebra. The solutions depend on a five-dimensional Sasaki-Einstein space and it has…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-05 Aristomenis Donos , Jerome P. Gauntlett

Suppose that $\Sigma=\partial\Omega$ is the $n$-dimensional boundary, with positive (inward) mean curvature $H$, of a connected compact $(n+1)$-dimensional Riemannian spin manifold $(\Omega^{n+1},g)$ whose scalar curvature $R\ge…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-02-16 Oussama Hijazi , Simon Raulot , Sebastian Montiel

This paper is devoted to the classification of 4-dimensional Riemannian spin manifolds carrying skew Killing spinors. A skew Killing spinor $\psi$ is a spinor that satisfies the equation $\nabla$X$\psi$ = AX $\times$ $\psi$ with a…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-07-28 Nicolas Ginoux , Georges Habib , Ines Kath

We study the geometry induced on the local orbit spaces of Killing vector fields on (Riemannian) $G$-manifolds, with an emphasis on the cases $G={\rm Spin}(7)$ and $G=G_2$. Along the way, we classify the harmonic morphisms with…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2022-11-02 Radu Pantilie

We investigate the Killing spinor equations of IIB supergravity for one Killing spinor. We show that there are three types of orbits of Spin(9,1) in the space of Weyl spinors which give rise to Killing spinors with stability subgroups…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-09 U. Gran , J. Gutowski , G. Papadopoulos

In this expository article we discuss the relations between Sasakian geometry, reduced holonomy and supersymmetry. It is well known that the Riemannian manifolds other than the round spheres that admit real Killing spinors are precisely…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-09-13 Charles P. Boyer , Krzysztof Galicki

We characterize certain CR structures of arbitrary codimension (different from 3, 4 and 5) on Riemannian Spin$^c$ manifolds by the existence of a Spin$^c$ structure carrying a strictly partially pure spinor field. Furthermore, we study the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-11-11 Rafael Hererra , Roger Nakad

In some other context, the question was raised how many nearly K\"ahler structures exist on the sphere $\S^6$ equipped with the standard Riemannian metric. In this short note, we prove that, up to isometry, there exists only one. This is a…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Thomas Friedrich

In this paper, we adapt the characterisation of the spin representation via exterior forms to the generalised spin$^r$ context. We find new invariant spin$^r$ spinors on the projective spaces $\mathbb{CP}^n$, $\mathbb{HP}^n$, and the Cayley…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-03-12 Diego Artacho , Jordan Hofmann