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Enhanced gauge symmetry from ‘toric’ G 2 cones
Author(s) -
Anguelova L.,
Lazaroiu C.I.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
fortschritte der physik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.469
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1521-3978
pISSN - 0015-8208
DOI - 10.1002/prop.200310072
Subject(s) - gauge theory , gauge (firearms) , gauge symmetry , symmetry (geometry) , theoretical physics , class (philosophy) , pure mathematics , gauge group , physics , mathematics , mathematical physics , computer science , geometry , artificial intelligence , geography , archaeology
Abstract We discuss the construction of M ‐theory compactifications on ‘toric’ G 2 cones, a class of models which generalize those recently considered by Acharya and Witten. We explain our criteria for identifying the gauge group content of such theories and briefly discuss the associated metrics.