Complex/symplectic mirrors
Journal
Communications in Mathematical Physics
Journal Volume
274
Journal Issue
3
Pages
775-794
Date Issued
2007
Author(s)
Abstract
We construct a class of symplectic non-Kähler and complex non-Kähler string theory vacua, extending and providing evidence for an earlier suggestion by Polchinski and Strominger. The class admits a mirror pairing by construction. Comparing hints from a variety of sources, including ten-dimensional supergravity and KK reduction on SU(3)-structure manifolds, suggests a picture in which string theory extends Reid's fantasy to connect classes of both complex non-Kähler and symplectic non-Kähler manifolds. © 2007 Springer-Verlag.
Type
journal article