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Is the opening of the NOVA program a Calabi-Yau space?
Is the opening of the NOVA program on PBS a Calabi-Yau space?
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Calabi Yau compactification based on U(1) charges
In Green-Schwarz-Witten Volume 2, chapter 15, it is argued (roughly) that we need 6-dimensional manifolds of $SU(3)$ holonomy in order to receive 1 covariantly constant spinor field. And it turns out ...
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CY moduli fields
When one does string compactification on a Calabi-Yau 3-fold. The parameters in Kähler moduli and complex moduli gives the scalar fields in 4-dimensions. It is claimed that the Kähler potentials of ...
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Does the complex 3-sphere have a complex structure modulus?
This question has a flavor which is more mathematical than physical, however it is about a mathematical physics article and I suspect my misunderstanding occurs because the precise mathematical ...
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How is the complexification of spacetime justified?
As always the caveat is that I am a mathematician with very little knowledge of physics. I've started my quest for knowledge in this field, but am very very far from having a good grasp.
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Measurement of kaluza-klein radion field gradient?
I've been very impressed to learn about kaluza-klein theory and compactification strategies. I would like to read more about this but in the meantime i'm curious about 2 different points. I have the ...
