Moduli of coassociative submanifolds and semi-flat G2-manifolds

D. Baraglia*

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    Abstract

    We show that the moduli space of deformations of a compact coassociative submanifold C has a natural local embedding as a submanifold of H2(C,R). We show that a G2-manifold with a T4-action of isometries such that the orbits are coassociative tori is locally equivalent to a minimal 3-manifold in R3,3 with positive induced metric where R3,3~=H2(T4,R). By studying minimal surfaces in quadrics we show how to construct minimal 3-manifold cones in R3,3 and hence G2-metrics from a real form of the affine Toda equations. The relations to semi-flat special Lagrangian fibrations and the Monge-Ampère equation are explained.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)1903-1918
    Number of pages16
    JournalJournal of Geometry and Physics
    Volume60
    Issue number12
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Dec 2010

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