Special Geometry and Space-time Signature
Abstract
We construct N=2 four and five-dimensional supergravity theories coupled to vector multiplets in various space-time signatures (t,s), where t and s refer, respectively, to the number of time and spatial dimensions. The five-dimensional supergravity theories, t+s=5, are constructed by investigating the integrability conditions arising from Killing spinor equations. The five-dimensional supergravity theories can also be obtained by reducing Hull's eleven-dimensional supergravities on a Calabi-Yau threefold. The dimensional reductions of the five-dimensional supergravities on space and time-like circles produce N=2 four-dimensional supergravity theories with signatures (t-1,s) and (t,s-1) exhibiting projective special (para)-K\"ahler geometry.
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@article{arxiv.1706.05162,
title = {Special Geometry and Space-time Signature},
author = {W. A. Sabra},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1706.05162},
year = {2017}
}
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13 pages