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Twistor Spaces for QKT Manifolds

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-09 v1 dg-ga General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology Differential Geometry

Abstract

We find that the target space of two-dimensional (4,0) supersymmetric sigma models with torsion coupled to (4,0) supergravity is a QKT manifold, that is, a quaternionic K\"ahler manifold with torsion. We give four examples of geodesically complete QKT manifolds one of which is a generalisation of the LeBrun geometry. We then construct the twistor space associated with a QKT manifold and show that under certain conditions it is a K\"ahler manifold with a complex contact structure. We also show that, for every 4k-dimensional QKT manifold, there is an associated 4(k+1)-dimensional hyper-K\"ahler one.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9710072,
  title  = {Twistor Spaces for QKT Manifolds},
  author = {P. S. Howe and A. Opfermann and G. Papadopoulos},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9710072},
  year   = {2009}
}

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25 pages, phyzzx

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