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dilaton eom : 0 = R4D+R6D−2f2
7,
Einstein ext. : 0 = R4D+(f1)2+3(f2)2+12(f4)2+(f6)2+(f3)2+(f5)2,
Einstein int. : 0 = R6D−6(f7)2+1
2/bracketleftbig
3(f1)2+3(f2)2−12(f4)2−3(f6)2+(f3)2−(f5)2/bracketrightbig
,
0 = 4(f2f3+2f4f5)−w2W1−p/bracketleftbig
(f3)2−(f5)2−(w2)2/bracketrightbig
.
In the equation of motion for Hwe get separate conditions from the coefficients of J∧J
andˆW2∧Jrespectively. In the internal Einstein equation we find like wise a separate
condition from the trace and the coefficient of W2(m·Jn). In the next section we find
explicit solutions to these equations for the coset manifol ds with nearly-K¨ ahler limit, the
stability of which we investigate in section 4.
Flipping signs
The Einstein and dilaton equation are quadratic in the form fl uxes and thus insensitive to
flipping the signs of these fluxes. Taking into account also th e flux equations of motion
and Bianchi identities, we find that for each solution to the s upergravity equations, we
automatically obtain new ones by making the following sign fl ips:
H→ −H,ˆF0→ −ˆF0,ˆF2→ˆF2,ˆF4→ −ˆF4,ˆF6→ˆF6,
H→ −H,ˆF0→ˆF0,ˆF2→ −ˆF2,ˆF4→ˆF4,ˆF6→ −ˆF6,
H→H,ˆF0→ −ˆF0,ˆF2→ −ˆF2,ˆF4→ −ˆF4,ˆF6→ −ˆF6.(2.10)
In particular, these sign flips will transform a supersymmet ric solution into another super-
symmetric solution (as can be verified using the conditions ( 2.1),(2.3) allowing for suitable
– 5 –sign flips of J, ReΩ and ImΩ compatible with the metric). If some fluxes are ze ro, more
sign flips are possible. For instance for ˆF0=ˆF4= 0 we find the following extra sign-flip,
known as skew-whiffing in the M-theory compactification literature [52] (see also t he review
[34])
H→ ±H,ˆF2→ˆF2,ˆF6→ −ˆF6, (2.11)
which transforms a supersymmetric solution into a non-supersymmetric one. When dis-
cussing different solutions, we will from now on implicitly co nsider each solution together
with its signed-flipped counterparts.
3. Solutions
Let us now solve the equations obtained in the previous secti on for the coset manifolds that
admit sourceless supersymmetric solutions, namelyG2
SU(3), SU(2)×SU(2),Sp(2)
S(U(2)×U(1))and
SU(3)
U(1)×U(1). For the supersymmetricsolutions on these manifolds we wil l use the conventions
and presentation of [13, 14]. For moredetails, includingin particular ourchoice of structure
constants for the relevant algebras, we refer to these paper s.
On a coset manifold G/Hone can define a coframe emthrough the decomposition of
the Lie-valued one-form L−1dL=emKm+ωaHain terms of the algebras of GandH. Here
Lis a coset representative, the Haspan the algebra of Hand theKmspan the complement
of this algebra within the algebra of G. The exterior derivative on the emis then given
in terms of the structure constants through the Maurer-Cart an relation. Furthermore,
the forms that are left-invariant under the action of Gare precisely those forms that are
constant in the basis spanned by emand for which the exterior derivative is also constant
in this basis. For these forms the exterior derivative can th en be expressed solely in terms
of the structure constants only involving the Km. We refer to [53, 54] for a review on coset
technology or to the above papers for a quick explanation.
G2
SU(3)and SU(2) ×SU(2)
We start from the supersymmetric nearly-K¨ ahler solution o nG2
SU(3). The SU(3)-structure
is given by
J=a(e12−e34+e56),
Ω =a3/2/bracketleftbig
(e245−e236−e146−e135)+i(e246+e235+e145−e136)/bracketrightbig
,(3.1)
whereais the overall scale.
Since this SU(3)-structure corresponds to a nearly-K¨ ahle r geometry the torsion class
W2is zero. Furthermore we find
W1=−2√
3a−1/2, w2=p= 0. (3.2)
– 6 –Plugging this into the equations (2.9) we find exactly three s olutions for ( f1,...,f7) (up
to the sign flips (2.10)):
a−1/2(√
5
2,1
2√
3,0,3
4√
5,0,−9
2√
3,1√
5),
a−1/2(/radicalbigg
5
3,0,0,0,0,5√
3,0),
a−1/2(1,1√
3,0,−1
2,0,√
3,1).(3.3)
The first is the supersymmetric solution, while the last two a re non-supersymmetric solu-
tions, which were already found in [35, 29, 36]. Truncating t o the 4D effective theory it
was shown in [30] that a generalization of this family of solu tions is quite universal as it
appears in a large class of N= 2 gauged supergravities.
On the SU(2) ×SU(2) manifold, requiring the same geometry as the supersym metric
solution and not allowing for source terms will restrict us t o the nearly-K¨ ahler point. The
analysis is then basically the same as forG2
SU(3)above.
Sp(2)
S(U(2)×U(1))
The family of supersymmetric solutions on this manifold has , next to the overall scale,
an extra parameter determining the shape of the solutions. I t is then possible to turn on
the torsion class W2and venture away from the nearly-K¨ ahler geometry. This mak es this
class much richer and enables us this time to find new non-supe rsymmetric solutions. The