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SU(3)-structure is given by [12, 13, 14]
J=a(e12+e34−σe56),
Ω =a3/2σ1/2/bracketleftbig
(e245−e236−e146−e135)+i(e246+e235+e145−e136)/bracketrightbig
,(3.4)
whereais the overall scale and σis the shape parameter. We find for the torsion classes
and the parameter p:
W1= (aσ)−1/22+σ
3,
(W2)2= (aσ)−18(1−σ)2
3⇒w2= (aσ)−1/22√
2(1−σ)√
3,
ˆW2=−1√
3/parenleftbig
e12+e34+2σe56/parenrightbig
,
p=−/radicalbig
2/3.(3.5)
We easily read off that σ= 1 corresponds to the nearly-K¨ ahler geometry. Note that ev en
thoughW2→0 forσ→1,ˆW2is well-defined and non-zero in this limit so that we can
still use it as an expansion form for the fluxes. The points σ= 2 andσ= 2/5 are also
special, since eq. (2.6) then implies that the supersymmetr ic solution has zero Romans
mass and, in particular, can be lifted to M-theory. Moreover , these are the endpoints of
the interval where supersymmetric solutions exist (since o utside this interval we would find
from eq. (2.6) that m2<0). They are indicated as vertical dashed lines in the plots.
– 7 –Figure 1:Sp(2)
S(U(2)×U(1))-model: plot of aR4Dfor the supersymmetric solutions (light green) and
the new non-supersymmetric solutions (other colors) in terms of t he shape parameter σ. Unstable
solutions are indicated in red.
Pluggingeqs.(3.5) intothesupergravityequationsofmoti on(2.9)wefindnumericallya
rich spectrumofsolutions, whicharedisplayed infigures1a nd2. Note that thedependence
on the overall scale can be easily extracted from all plotted quantities by multiplying by
ato a suitable power. We plotted the value of the 4D Ricci scala rR4Dof the AdS-space
against the shape parameter σin figure 1. Note that R4Dis inversely proportional to the
AdS-radius squared and related to the effective 4D cosmologic al constant and the vev of
the 4D scalar potential Vas follows
Λ =∝angb∇acketleftV∝angb∇acket∇ight=R4D/4. (3.6)
The supersymmetric solutions are plotted in light green, wh ile red is used for the non-
supersymmetric solutions found to be unstable in section 4. For completeness of the pre-
sentation of our numeric results, we provide the values of ea ch of the coefficients fiof the
ansatz (2.2) in figure 2.
The first point to note is that where the supersymmetric solut ions are restricted to
the interval σ∈[2/5,2], there exist non-supersymmetric solutions in the somewh at larger
intervalσ∈[0.39958,2.13327]. Furthermore, there are up to five non-supersymmetri c
solutions for each supersymmetric solution.
We remark that the parameters σand the overall scale are not continuous moduli since
they are determined by the vevs of the fluxes, which in a proper string theory treatment
shouldbequantized. Indeed, inthenextsection wewill show that generically all moduliare
stabilized. We leave the analysis of flux quantization, whic h is complicated by the fact that
– 8 –(a) Plot of a1/2f1(Romans mass)
(b) Plot of a1/2f2(J-part of ˆF2)
(c) Plot of a1/2f3(ˆW2-part of ˆF2)
(d) Plot of a1/2f4(J∧J-part of ˆF4)
(e) Plot of a1/2f5(J∧ˆW2-part of ˆF4)
(f) Plot of a1/2f6(Freund-Rubin parameter)
(g) Plot of a1/2f7(ReΩ part of H)
Figure 2: Plots of the solutions on the cosetSp(2)
S(U(2)×U(1)). Different colors indicate different
solutions. Unstable solutions are indicated in red (see section 4) and the supersymmetric solutions
in light green. By a suitable rescaling of the coefficients the dependen ce on the overall scale ais
taken out.
– 9 –there is non-trivial H-flux (twisting the RR-charges), to further work. The expect ation is
that the continuous line of supergravity solutions is repla ced by discrete solutions.
Let us now take a look at some special values of σ. Forσ= 1 we find five solutions
of which three (including the supersymmetric one) are up to s caling equivalent to the
solutions (3.3) onG2
SU(3)of the previous section [35, 29, 36, 30]. They have f3=f5= 0 and
so the fluxes are completely expressed in terms of J. However, there are also two new non-
supersymmetric solutions (the dark green and the purple one ) which have f3∝negationslash= 0,f5∝negationslash= 0.
Next we turn to the case σ= 2. This point is special in that the metric becomes
the Fubini-Study metric on CP3and the bosonic symmetry of the geometry enhances
from Sp(2) to SU(4). In fact, since the RR-forms of the supers ymmetric solution can be
expanded in terms of the closed K¨ ahler form ˜J= (1/3)J+(2a)1/2W2of the Fubini-Study
metric, the symmetry group of the whole supersymmetric solu tion is SU(4). One can also
show that the supersymmetry enhances from the generic N= 1 toN= 6 [6]. In [37] it
was found that there is an infinite continuous family of non-s upersymmetric solutions and
two discrete separate solutions (see also [35] for an incomp lete early discussion), which all
have SU(4)-symmetry. They are notdisplayed in the plot since they can not be found by
taking a continuous limit σ→2. For these solutions H= 0 (f7= 0) and ˆF2andˆF4are
expanded in terms of ˜J(for more details see [37]).
Instead, in the plot we find apart from the supersymmetric sol ution (which merges
with the dark green solution at σ= 2) two more discrete non-supersymmetric solutions,
which have only Sp(2)-symmetry (since the fluxes cannot be ex pressed in terms of ˜Jonly).
The blue one is new, while the red one turns out to be the reduct ion of the Englert-type
solution. Indeed for the Englert-type solution we expect
f1= 0, no Romans mass ,(3.7a)
f2=f2,susy, f3=f3,susy, same geometry in M ⇒sameˆF2as susy,(3.7b)
f7=−2f4=−(1/3)f6,susy, f5= 0, fromˆF4in M-theory ,(3.7c)
f6= (−2/3)f6,susy, Freund-Rubin parameter changes ,(3.7d)
R4D= (5/6)R4D,susy, 4D Λ changes ,(3.7e)
which agrees with the values displayed in the figures for the r ed curve at σ= 2.
Also forσ= 2/5 we find apart from the supersymmetric solution, the Englert solution
(the purplecurve) andoneextra non-supersymmetricsoluti on (the darkgreen curve). Note
that while the supersymmetric curve joins the olive green cu rve atσ= 2/5, the purple
curve only joins the dark green curve at σ= 0.39958.
SU(3)
U(1)×U(1)
For this manifold the SU(3)-structure is given by [13, 14]:
J=a(−e12+ρe34−σe56),