Flux compactifications of M-theory on twisted tori
Abstract
We find the bosonic sector of the gauged supergravities that are obtained from 11-dimensional supergravity by Scherk-Schwarz dimensional reduction with flux to any dimension D. We show that, if certain obstructions are absent, the Scherk-Schwarz ansatz for a finite set of D-dimensional fields can be extended to a full compactification of M-theory, including an infinite tower of Kaluza-Klein fields. The internal space is obtained from a group manifold (which may be non-compact) by a discrete identification. We discuss the symmetry algebra and the symmetry breaking patterns and illustrate these with particular examples. We discuss the action of U-duality on these theories in terms of symmetries of the D-dimensional supergravity, and argue that in general it will take geometric flux compactifications to M-theory on non-geometric backgrounds, such as U-folds with U-duality transition functions.
- Publication:
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Journal of High Energy Physics
- Pub Date:
- October 2006
- DOI:
- 10.1088/1126-6708/2006/10/086
- arXiv:
- arXiv:hep-th/0603094
- Bibcode:
- 2006JHEP...10..086H
- Keywords:
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- High Energy Physics - Theory
- E-Print:
- Latex, 47 pages