The Theory of superstring with flux on non-Kahler manifolds and the complex Monge-Ampere equation

Fu, Ji-Xiang; Yau, Shing-Tung

The Theory of superstring with flux on non-Kahler manifolds and the complex Monge-Ampere equation

Ji-Xiang Fu
(
- Fudan U. and
- Fudan U., Surf. Phys. Lab.
)
,
Shing-Tung Yau
(
- Harvard U., Dept. Math.
)

Apr, 2006

60 pages

Published in:

J.Diff.Geom. 78 (2008) 3, 369-428

Published: Mar, 2008

e-Print:

hep-th/0604063 [hep-th]

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Abstract:

The purpose of this paper is to solve a problem posed by Strominger in constructing smooth models of superstring theory with flux. These are given by non-Kahler manifolds with torsion.

string model
supersymmetry
space: Calabi-Yau
space: Kaehler
flux
geometry: algebra
analytic properties
superstring

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