Flux Backgrounds and Exceptional Generalised Geometry
arXiv:1808.04225
Abstract
The main topic of this thesis are flux compactifications. Firstly, we study dimensional reductions of type II and eleven-dimensional supergravities using exceptional generalised geometry. We start by presenting the needed mathematical tools, focusing on G-structures and their extension to generalised geometry. Then, we move our focus on compactifications. In particular, we mainly focus on type IIA, building the version of exceptional generalised geometry adapted to such supergravity and finding the right deformations of generalised Lie derivative to accomodate the Romans mass. We describe the generalised Scherk-Schwarz method to find consistent truncation ansatze preserving the maximal amount of supersymmetry. As further point, we study generalised calibrations on AdS backgrounds in type IIB and M-theory.
186 pages, 9 figures and several formulas. PhD thesis presented on 26th of March 2018 at Université Pierre et Marie Curie - LPTHE
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