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arxiv: hep-th/0103223 · v2 · submitted 2001-03-26 · ✦ hep-th

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M-theory on Manifolds of G₂ Holonomy and Type IIA Orientifolds

Shamit Kachru , John McGreevy
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keywords orientifoldsdualitiesmanifoldsdifferentholonomym-theoryspecialtype
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We demonstrate that M-theory compactifications on 7-manifolds of G_2 holonomy, which yield 4d N=1 supersymmetric systems, often admit at special loci in their moduli space a description as type IIA orientifolds. In this way, we are able to find new dualities of special IIA orientifolds, including dualities which relate orientifolds of IIA strings on manifolds of different topology with different numbers of wrapped D-branes. We also discuss models which incorporate, in a natural way, compact embeddings of gauge theory/gravity dualities similar to those studied in the recent work of Atiyah, Maldacena and Vafa.

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  1. On Quantum Obstructions in Type IIA Orientifolds

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    Quantum corrections obstruct infinite distance limits in Type IIA orientifold Kähler moduli unless other moduli are also taken to infinity, as shown by worldsheet EFT strings, massless towers, and M-theory G2 uplifts.