| Speaker: | Matthias Weissenbacher (Kavli IPMU) |
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| Title: | Higher Derivative Terms in M-Theory Reductions |
| Date (JST): | Wed, Nov 25, 2015, 13:15 - 14:45 |
| Place: | Seminar Room B |
| Abstract: | Supergravity theories capture the low energy dynamics of string theory. The finiteness of the string length is imprinted in them via $\alpha���$-corrections given by higher derivative corrections to the leading order two derivative Lagrangian. These corrections can be lifted to eleven-dimensional supergravity the long wave length description of M-theory. I will present a background solution to the eleven-dimensional supergravity action, including terms quartic and cubic in the Riemann curvature, that admit an eight-dimensional compact space. Furthermore, I comment on the supersymmetry properties of this solution and will then dimensional reduce the complete action at eight-derivative level. Finally, the supersymmetry of the lower dimensional theory is discussed. |
