Published January 2002 | Version v1
Journal article

A new maximally supersymmetric background of IIB superstring theory

  • 1. Abdus Salam ICTP, Trieste (Italy)
  • 2. Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (GB)
  • 3. Department of Physics, Queen Mary, University of London, London (GB)
  • 4. Department of Mathematics, King's College, Strand, London (GB)

Description

We present a maximally supersymmetric IIB string background. The geometry is that of a conformally flat lorentzian symmetric space G/K with solvable G, with a homogeneous five-form flux. We give the explicit supergravity solution, compute the isometries, the 32 Killing spinors, and the symmetry superalgebra, and then discuss T-duality and the relation to M-theory. (author)

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Available online at the Web site for the Journal of High Energy Physics (ISSN 1029-8479) http://www.iop.org/

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Journal Title
Journal of High Energy Physics
Journal Volume
01
Journal Issue
2002
Journal Page Range
p. vp
ISSN
1126-6708

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Contract/Grant/Project number
Contract CT-2000-0148; HPRN-CT-2000-00101; Grant PPA/G/S/1998/00613
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