Classification of supersymmetric backgrounds of string theory

Ulf Gran; Jan Gutowski; George Papadopoulos; Diederik Roest

doi:10.1002/prop.200610363

Classification of supersymmetric backgrounds of string theory

Ulf Gran
, Jan Gutowski
, George Papadopoulos
, Diederik Roest

Van Swinderen Institute for Particle Physics and Gravity

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We review the recent progress made towards the classification of supersymmetric solutions in ten and eleven dimensions with emphasis on those of IIB supergravity. In particular, the spinorial geometry method is outlined and adapted to nearly maximally supersymmetric backgrounds.We then demonstrate its effectiveness by classifying the maximally supersymmetric IIB G-backgrounds and by showing that N = 31 IIB solutions do not exist.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	736-741
Number of pages	6
Journal	Fortschritte der Physik
Volume	55
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/prop.200610363
Publication status	Published - 2007

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string/M-theory
supersymmetry
supergravity

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