2006/11/23 by Vid Stojevic, Stojevic, Vid
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Topics in Algebra #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-th/0611255
PhD thesis, 149 pages; King's College London, 2006
arxiv created 2006/11/23 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01
Two-dimensional sigma-models describing superstrings propagating on manifolds of special holonomy are characterized by symmetries related to covariantly constant forms that these manifolds hold, which are generally non-linear and close in a field dependent sense. The thesis explores various aspects of the special holonomy symmetries.