Reducing heterotic M-theory to five dimensional supergravity on a manifold with boundary

• Published in: The journal of high energy physics Vol. 2011; no. 10
• Main Authors: Moss, Ian G., Omotani, John T., Saffin, Paul M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 01.10.2011; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Boundary conditions; Chirality; Classical and Quantum Gravitation; Cosmological constant; Elementary Particles; Fermions; High energy physics; M theory; Manifolds (mathematics); Physics; Physics and Astronomy; Quantum Field Theories; Quantum Field Theory; Quantum Physics; Relativity Theory; String Theory; Supergravity; Supergravity Models; M-Theory

This paper constructs the reduction of heterotic M -theory in eleven dimensions to a supergravity model on a manifold with boundary in five dimensions using a Calabi-Yau three-fold. New results are presented for the boundary terms in the action and for the boundary conditions on the bulk fields. Som...