Generalized Holonomy of M-theory Vacua
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The number of M-theory vacuum supersymmetries, 0 ≤ n ≤ 32, is given by the number of singlets appearing in the decomposition of the 32 of SL(32,R) under H ⊂ SL(32,R) where H is the holonomy group of the generalized connection which incorporates non-vanishing 4-form. Here we compute this generalized holonomy for the n = 16 examples of the M2-brane, M5-brane, M-wave, M-monopole, for a variety of their n = 8 intersections and also for the n > 16 pp waves. Research supported in part by DOE Grant DE-FG02-95ER40899. [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
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