2009/11/30 by Davide Forcella, Alberto Zaffaroni
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Base (topology) #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Brane cosmology #Construct (python library) #F-theory #Geometry and complex manifolds #Homotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic Topology #M-theory #Manifold (fluid mechanics) #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1007/jhep05(2010)045
published as JHEP 1005:045,2010 · 26 pages, 3 figures, reference added.
arxiv created 2010/03/25 · openalex publication_date 2010/05/01 · arxiv updated 2015/03/13 · openalex created_date 2019/06/27 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
We construct three dimensional N = 1 Chern-Simons theories living on M2 branes probing Spin(7) cones. We consider Spin(7) manifolds obtained as quotients of Calabi-Yau four-folds by an anti-holomorphic involution, following a construction by Joyce. The corresponding Chern-Simons theories can be obtained from N = 2 theories by an orientifolding procedure. These theories are holographically dual to M theory solutions AdS 4 × H, where the weak G 2 manifold H is the base of the Spin(7) cone.