We construct a class of symplectic non--Kaehler and complex non--Kaehler string theory vacua, extending and providing evidence for an earlier suggestion by Polchinski and Strominger. The class admits a mirror pairing by construction. Comparing hints from a variety of sources, including ten--dimensional supergravity and KK reduction on SU(3)--structure manifolds, suggests a picture in which string theory extends Reid's fantasy to connect classes of both complex non-Kaehler and symplectic non-Kaehler manifolds.

Chuang, W., Kachru, S., Tomasiello, A. (2007). Complex / symplectic mirrors. COMMUNICATIONS IN MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS, 274(3), 775-794 [10.1007/s00220-007-0262-y].

Complex / symplectic mirrors

TOMASIELLO, ALESSANDRO
2007

Abstract

We construct a class of symplectic non--Kaehler and complex non--Kaehler string theory vacua, extending and providing evidence for an earlier suggestion by Polchinski and Strominger. The class admits a mirror pairing by construction. Comparing hints from a variety of sources, including ten--dimensional supergravity and KK reduction on SU(3)--structure manifolds, suggests a picture in which string theory extends Reid's fantasy to connect classes of both complex non-Kaehler and symplectic non-Kaehler manifolds.
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Supergravity; Complex geometry; Symplectic geometry; Mirror symmetry
English
2007
274
3
775
794
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Chuang, W., Kachru, S., Tomasiello, A. (2007). Complex / symplectic mirrors. COMMUNICATIONS IN MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS, 274(3), 775-794 [10.1007/s00220-007-0262-y].
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