Published December 2001 | Version v1
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Superconformal field theories for compact manifolds with Spin(7) holonomy

Creators

  • 1. Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin, Institut fuer Physik, Berlin (Germany)

Description

We present a construction of superconformal field theories for manifolds with Spin(7) holonomy. Geometrically these models correspond to the realization of Spin(7) manifolds as anti-holomorphic quotients of Calabi-Yau fourfolds. Describing the fourfolds as Gepner models and requiring anomaly cancellation we determine the resulting Betti numbers of the Spin(7) superconformal field theory. As in the G2 case, we find that the Gepner model and the geometric result disagree. (author)

Availability note (English)

Available online at the Web site for the Journal of High Energy Physics (ISSN 1029-8479) http://jhep.sissa.it/; E-print number: hep-th/0111048

Additional details

Identifiers

URL
http://jhep.sissa.it/;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of High Energy Physics
Journal Volume
12
Journal Issue
2001
Journal Page Range
p. vp
ISSN
1126-6708

INIS

Country of Publication
Italy
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
33018866
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
COMPACTIFICATION; CONFORMAL INVARIANCE; MANY-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; SMOOTH MANIFOLDS; SO GROUPS; STRING MODELS; SUPERMULTIPLETS; SUPERSYMMETRY; VACUUM STATES
Descriptors DEC
COMPOSITE MODELS; EXTENDED PARTICLE MODEL; FIELD THEORIES; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; LIE GROUPS; MATHEMATICAL MANIFOLDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTIPLETS; PARTICLE MODELS; QUARK MODEL; SYMMETRY; SYMMETRY GROUPS