Calibrations on spaces with G × G-structure

✍ Scribed by F. Gmeiner; F. Witt

• Book ID: 105357599
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 89 KB
• Volume: 55
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0015-8208
• DOI: 10.1002/prop.200610349

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

In these notes we give an introduction to the concept of spaces with G × G‐structure and their structured submanifolds. These objects generalise the classical notion of a calibrated submanifold. Therefore, they are interesting from a string theory viewpoint as they are relevant to describe D‐branes in string compactifications on backgrounds with fluxes. This article is based on a talk given by the first author at the RTN Workshop “Constituents, Fundamental Forces and Symmetries of the Universe”, Naples, Italy, 9–13 Oct 2006.