A Note on a Standard Embedding on Half-Flat Manifolds

Abstract

It is argued that the ten dimensional solution that corresponds to the compactification of $E_8\times E_8$ heterotic string theory on a half-flat manifold is the product space-time $R^{1,2}\times Z_7$ where $Z_7$ is a generalized cylinder with $G_2$ riemannian holonomy. Standard embedding on $Z_7$ then implies an embedding on the half-flat manifold which involves the torsionful connection rather than the Levi-Civita connection. This leads to the breakdown of $E_8\times E_8$ to $E_6\times E_8$, as in the case of the standard embedding on Calabi-Yau manifolds, which agrees with the result derived recently by Gurrieri, Lukas and Micu (arXiv:0709.1932) using a different approach. Green-Schwarz anomaly cancellation is then implemented via the torsionful connection on half-flat manifolds.

5 pages. v2: 6 pages; slightly reworded; version submitted for publication. v3: uses JHEP3.cls, hence 14 pages now. Essentially same content as before. Article in title changed in accordance with JHEP editor's suggestion. Version to appear in JHEP

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