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Geometric flows and supersymmetry

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We study the relation between supersymmetry and geometric flows driven by the Bianchi identity for the three-form flux $H$ in heterotic supergravity. We describe how the flow equations can be derived from a functional that appears in a rewriting of the bosonic action in terms of squares of supersymmetry operators. On a complex threefold, the resulting equations match what is known in the mathematics literature as "anomaly flow". We generalise this to seven- and eight-manifolds with G$_2$ or Spin(7) structures and discuss examples where the manifold is a torus fibration over a K3 surface. In the latter cases, the flow simplifies to a single scalar equation, with the existence of the supergravity solution implied by the long-time existence and convergence of the flow. We also comment on the $\alpha'$ expansion and highlight the importance of using the proper connection in the Bianchi identity to ensure that the flow's fixed points satisfy the supergravity equations of motion.

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hal-04009997 , version 1 (01-03-2023)

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Anthony Ashmore, Ruben Minasian, Yann Proto. Geometric flows and supersymmetry. Commun.Math.Phys., 2024, 405 (1), pp.16. ⟨10.1007/s00220-023-04910-7⟩. ⟨hal-04009997⟩
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