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Effective Action from M-Theory on Twisted Connected Sum G2-Manifolds

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We study the four-dimensional low-energy effective $${\mathcal{N}=1}$$N=1 supergravity theory of the dimensional reduction of M-theory on G2-manifolds, which are constructed by Kovalev’s twisted connected sum gluing suitable pairs of asymptotically… Click to show full abstract

We study the four-dimensional low-energy effective $${\mathcal{N}=1}$$N=1 supergravity theory of the dimensional reduction of M-theory on G2-manifolds, which are constructed by Kovalev’s twisted connected sum gluing suitable pairs of asymptotically cylindrical Calabi–Yau threefolds XL/R augmented with a circle S1. In the Kovalev limit the Ricci-flat G2-metrics are approximated by the Ricci-flat metrics on XL/R and we identify the universal modulus—the Kovalevton—that parametrizes this limit. We observe that the low-energy effective theory exhibits in this limit gauge theory sectors with extended supersymmetry. We determine the universal (semi-classical) Kähler potential of the effective $${\mathcal{N}=1}$$N=1 supergravity action as a function of the Kovalevton and the volume modulus of the G2-manifold. This Kähler potential fulfills the no-scale inequality such that no anti-de-Sitter vacua are admitted. We describe geometric degenerations in XL/R, which lead to non-Abelian gauge symmetries enhancements with various matter content. Studying the resulting gauge theory branches, we argue that they lead to transitions compatible with the gluing construction and provide many new explicit examples of G2-manifolds.

Keywords: action theory; theory; twisted connected; effective action; connected sum

Journal Title: Communications in Mathematical Physics
Year Published: 2017

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