Coset Construction of Spin(7), G2 Gravitational Instantons
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We study metrics on non-compact manifolds with the exceptional holonomy Spin(7), G2. Using the formulation with vector fields, we investigate the metrics with Spin(7) holonomy recently found by Cvetič, Gibbons, Lü and Pope [hep-th/0103155]. Furthermore, we develop the similar formulation for metrics with G2 holonomy. email: [email protected] email: [email protected]
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