Real Special Geometry

TL;DR

This paper provides a coordinate-free geometric description of real manifolds relevant in four-dimensional supergravity theories, emphasizing the role of linear multiplets in string and five-brane compactifications.

Contribution

It introduces a novel coordinate-free framework for real manifolds in supergravity, highlighting the significance of linear multiplets in string and five-brane theory compactifications.

Findings

Coordinate-free description of real manifolds in supergravity

Connection between linear multiplets and string/brane compactifications

Enhanced understanding of geometric structures in supergravity theories

Abstract

We give a coordinate-free description of real manifolds occurring in certain four dimensional supergravity theories with antisymmetric tensor fields. The relevance of the linear multiplets in the compactification of string and five-brane theories is also discussed.