2002/06/17 by M. Cvetic, Cvetic, M., G. W. Gibbons +5
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th) #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-th/0206154
20 pages, Les Houches 2001 contribution, Lectures given by M. Cvetic
arxiv created 2002/06/17 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30
We review the construction of regular p-brane solutions of M-theory and string theory with less than maximal supersymmetry whose transverse spaces have metrics with special holonomy, and where additional fluxes allow for brane resolutions via transgression terms. We summarize properties of resolved M2-branes and fractional D2-branes, whose transverse spaces are Ricci flat eight-dimensional and seven-dimensional spaces of special holonomy. Recent developments in the construction of new G2 holonomy spaces are also reviewed.