Topics on dimensional reduction : solutions and consistency /

We exploit the dimensional reduction ideas to interpret several solutions of low dimensional effective theories from the viewpoint of string theory and M-theory. We report that a rectangular three-dimensional lattice of intersecting domain walls in D=4 dimensions, with arbitrary spacing, emerges nat...

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Main Author: Martinez Acosta, Rene R.
Format: Thesis Book
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] ; 2000.
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Summary:We exploit the dimensional reduction ideas to interpret several solutions of low dimensional effective theories from the viewpoint of string theory and M-theory. We report that a rectangular three-dimensional lattice of intersecting domain walls in D=4 dimensions, with arbitrary spacing, emerges naturally as a classical solution of M-theory. We also construct the non-linear Kaluza-Klein ansatze describing the embeddings of the U(1)³, U(1)⁴ and U(1)² truncations of D=5, D=4 and D=7 gauged supergravities into the type IIB string and M-theory. We use these general ansatze to embed and interpret the charged AdS₅, AdS₄ and AdS₇ black hole solutions in ten and eleven dimensions. We then elaborate on the consistent truncation of Kaluza-Klein theories to their massless sector while retaining the full gauge symmetry associated with the isometry group G of the internal manifold M. We derive and test in general a consistency condition for Kaluza-Klein dimensional reduction for any Einstein space M that is constructed as a U(1) bundle over a product of complex projective base spaces.
Item Description:Vita.
"Major Subject: Physics".
Physical Description:vii, 124 leaves ; 28 cm.
Issued also on microfiche from University Microfilm Inc.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (leaves 100-110).