Five-Brane Effective Field Theory on Calabi-Yau Threefolds

Abstract

We consider the compactification of the dual form of $N=1$ $D=10$ supergravity on a six-dimensional Calabi-Yau manifold. An $N=1$ off-shell supergravity effective Lagrangian in four dimensions can be constructed in a dual version of the gravitational sector (new-minimal supergravity form). Superspace duality has a simple interpretation in terms of Poincaré duality of two-form cohomology. The resulting $4D$ Lagrangian may describe the low-energy point-field limit of a five-brane theory, dual to string theory, provided Calabi-Yau spaces are consistent vacua of such dual theory.

16 pages, LaTeX, CERN-Th.6914/93 POLFIS-TH.04/93 UCLA/93/TEP/18

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