G-Structures and Wrapped NS5-Branes

TL;DR

This paper investigates the geometric structures of supersymmetric solutions in type II supergravity with NS flux, focusing on seven-dimensional manifolds with G_2 or SU(3) structures, and derives new explicit solutions and conditions for flux and dilaton.

Contribution

It establishes a link between supersymmetry, special geometric structures, and explicit solutions in supergravity, including new theorems on flux and dilaton behavior.

Findings

M_7 admits G_2 or SU(3) structures depending on supersymmetry

Derived new explicit solutions using geometric structure techniques

Proved vanishing NS three-form and constant dilaton for compact, boundaryless M_7

Abstract

We analyse the geometrical structure of supersymmetric solutions of type II supergravity of the form R^{1,9-n} x M_n with non-trivial NS flux and dilaton. Solutions of this type arise naturally as the near-horizon limits of wrapped NS fivebrane geometries. We concentrate on the case d=7, preserving two or four supersymmetries, corresponding to branes wrapped on associative or SLAG three-cycles. Given the existence of Killing spinors, we show that M_7 admits a G_2-structure or an SU(3)-structure, respectively, of specific type. We also prove the converse result. We use the existence of these geometric structures as a new technique to derive some known and new explicit solutions, as well as a simple theorem implying that we have vanishing NS three-form and constant dilaton whenever M_7 is compact with no boundary. The analysis extends simply to other type II examples and also to type I supergravity.