Special geometry and space–time signature

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 t...

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Main Author: W.A. Sabra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-10-01
Series:Physics Letters B
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269317306433
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Summary: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)-Kähler geometry.
ISSN:0370-2693