Wafic A. Sabra
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Wafic A. Sabra has a total of 38 co-authors. Here are the top co-authors by number of shared publications:
- Jan B. Gutowski
Department of Mathematics King's WC2R 2LS College London Strand London UK
14 shared publications - Ali H. Chamseddine
American University of Beirut
10 shared publications - Dietmar Klemm
Dipartimento di Fisica Università di Milano Via Celoria 16 20133 Milano Italy
10 shared publications - Jan B. Gutowski
DAMTP Centre for Mathematical Sciences University of Cambridge Wilberforce Road CB3 0WA Cambridge UK
8 shared publications - Jan Gutowski
School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
8 shared publications - James T. Liu
University of Michigan
7 shared publications
Latest Publications
- Open Access
- 3 February 2021
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of High Energy Physics
- Vol. 2021 (2) , 1-19
Neutral signature gauged supergravity solutions
We classify all supersymmetric solutions of minimal D = 4 gauged supergravity with (2) signature and a positive cosmological constant which admit exactly one Killing spinor. This classification produces a geometric structure which is more general than that found for previous classifications of N = 2 supersymmetric solutions of this theory. We illustrate how the N = 2 solutions which consist of a fibration over a 3-dimensional Lorentzian Gauduchon-Tod base space can be written in terms of this more generic geometric structure.
- 3 February 2021
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of High Energy Physics
- Vol. 2021 (2) , 1-19
Open AccessNeutral signature gauged supergravity solutions
We classify all supersymmetric solutions of minimal D = 4 gauged supergravity with (2) signature and a positive cosmological constant which admit exactly one Killing spinor. This classification produces a geometric structure which is more general than that found for previous classifications of N = 2 supersymmetric solutions of this theory. We illustrate how the N = 2 solutions which consist of a fibration over a 3-dimensional Lorentzian Gauduchon-Tod base space can be written in terms of this more generic geometric structure.
- Open Access
- 29 November 2019
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of High Energy Physics
- Vol. 2019 (11) , 173
Real Killing spinors in neutral signature
- 29 November 2019
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of High Energy Physics
- Vol. 2019 (11) , 173
Open AccessReal Killing spinors in neutral signature
- Open Access
- 21 August 2018
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of High Energy Physics
- Vol. 2018 (8) , 121
Spinorial geometry, off-shell Killing spinor identities and higher derivative 5D supergravities
Killing spinor identities relate components of equations of motion to each other for supersymmetric backgrounds. The only input required is the field content and the supersymmetry transformations of the fields, as long as an on-shell supersymmetrization of the action without additional fields exists. If we consider off-shell supersymmetry it is clear that the same relations will occur between components of the equations of motion independently of the specific action considered, in particular the Killing spinor identities can be derived for arbitrary, including higher derivative, supergravities, with a specified matter content. We give the Killing spinor identities for five-dimensional $$ \mathcal{N}=2 $$ ungauged supergravities coupled to Abelian vector multiplets, and then using spinorial geometry techniques so that we have explicit representatives for the spinors, we discuss the particular case of the time-like class of solutions to theories with perturbative corrections at the four derivative level. We also discuss the maximally supersymmetric solutions in the general off-shell case.- 21 August 2018
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of High Energy Physics
- Vol. 2018 (8) , 121
Open AccessSpinorial geometry, off-shell Killing spinor identities and higher derivative 5D supergravities
Killing spinor identities relate components of equations of motion to each other for supersymmetric backgrounds. The only input required is the field content and the supersymmetry transformations of the fields, as long as an on-shell supersymmetrization of the action without additional fields exists. If we consider off-shell supersymmetry it is clear that the same relations will occur between components of the equations of motion independently of the specific action considered, in particular the Killing spinor identities can be derived for arbitrary, including higher derivative, supergravities, with a specified matter content. We give the Killing spinor identities for five-dimensional $$ \mathcal{N}=2 $$ ungauged supergravities coupled to Abelian vector multiplets, and then using spinorial geometry techniques so that we have explicit representatives for the spinors, we discuss the particular case of the time-like class of solutions to theories with perturbative corrections at the four derivative level. We also discuss the maximally supersymmetric solutions in the general off-shell case. - Open Access
Spinorial geometry, off-shell Killing spinor identities and higher derivative 5D supergravities
Killing spinor identities relate components of equations of motion to each other for supersymmetric backgrounds. The only input required is the field content and the supersymmetry transformations of the fields, as long as an on-shell supersymmetrization of the action without additional fields exists. If we consider off-shell supersymmetry it is clear that the same relations will occur between components of the equations of motion independently of the specific action considered, in particular the Killing spinor identities can be derived for arbitrary, including higher derivative, supergravities, with a specified matter content. We give the Killing spinor identities for five-dimensional $\mathcal{N}=2$ ungauged supergravities coupled to Abelian vector multiplets, and then using spinorial geometry techniques so that we have explicit representatives for the spinors, we discuss the particular case of the time-like class of solutions to theories with perturbative corrections at the four derivative level. We also discuss the maximally supersymmetric solutions in the general off-shell case.Open AccessSpinorial geometry, off-shell Killing spinor identities and higher derivative 5D supergravities
Killing spinor identities relate components of equations of motion to each other for supersymmetric backgrounds. The only input required is the field content and the supersymmetry transformations of the fields, as long as an on-shell supersymmetrization of the action without additional fields exists. If we consider off-shell supersymmetry it is clear that the same relations will occur between components of the equations of motion independently of the specific action considered, in particular the Killing spinor identities can be derived for arbitrary, including higher derivative, supergravities, with a specified matter content. We give the Killing spinor identities for five-dimensional $\mathcal{N}=2$ ungauged supergravities coupled to Abelian vector multiplets, and then using spinorial geometry techniques so that we have explicit representatives for the spinors, we discuss the particular case of the time-like class of solutions to theories with perturbative corrections at the four derivative level. We also discuss the maximally supersymmetric solutions in the general off-shell case. - Open AccessA note on the Hyper--CR equation, and gauged $N=2$ supergravity
We construct a new class of solutions to the dispersionless hyper--CR equation, and show how any solution to this equation gives rise to a supersymmetric Einstein--Maxwell cosmological space--time in $(3+1)$--dimensions.
Open AccessA note on the Hyper--CR equation, and gauged $N=2$ supergravityWe construct a new class of solutions to the dispersionless hyper--CR equation, and show how any solution to this equation gives rise to a supersymmetric Einstein--Maxwell cosmological space--time in $(3+1)$--dimensions.
- Open Access
Special Geometry and Space-time Signature
We construct N=2 four and five-dimensional supergravity theories coupled to vector multiplets in various space-time signatures (t,s), where t and s refer, respectively, to the number of time and spatial dimensions. The five-dimensional supergravity theories, t+s=5, are constructed by investigating the integrability conditions arising from Killing spinor equations. The five-dimensional supergravity theories can also be obtained by reducing Hull's eleven-dimensional supergravities on a Calabi-Yau threefold. The dimensional reductions of the five-dimensional supergravities on space and time-like circles produce N=2 four-dimensional supergravity theories with signatures (t-1,s) and (t,s-1) exhibiting projective special (para)-K\"ahler geometry.
Open AccessSpecial Geometry and Space-time Signature
We construct N=2 four and five-dimensional supergravity theories coupled to vector multiplets in various space-time signatures (t,s), where t and s refer, respectively, to the number of time and spatial dimensions. The five-dimensional supergravity theories, t+s=5, are constructed by investigating the integrability conditions arising from Killing spinor equations. The five-dimensional supergravity theories can also be obtained by reducing Hull's eleven-dimensional supergravities on a Calabi-Yau threefold. The dimensional reductions of the five-dimensional supergravities on space and time-like circles produce N=2 four-dimensional supergravity theories with signatures (t-1,s) and (t,s-1) exhibiting projective special (para)-K\"ahler geometry.
- Open Access
Einstein--Weyl Spaces and Near-Horizon Geometry
We show that a class of solutions of minimal supergravity in five dimensions is given by lifts of three--dimensional Einstein--Weyl structures of hyper-CR type. We characterise this class as most general near--horizon limits of supersymmetric solutions to the five--dimensional theory. In particular, we deduce that a compact spatial section of a horizon can only be a Berger sphere, a product metric on $S^1\times S^2$ or a flat three-torus. We then consider the problem of reconstructing all supersymmetric solutions from a given near--horizon geometry. By exploiting the ellipticity of the linearised field equations we demonstrate that the moduli space of transverse infinitesimal deformations of a near--horizon geometry is finite--dimensional.Open AccessEinstein--Weyl Spaces and Near-Horizon Geometry
We show that a class of solutions of minimal supergravity in five dimensions is given by lifts of three--dimensional Einstein--Weyl structures of hyper-CR type. We characterise this class as most general near--horizon limits of supersymmetric solutions to the five--dimensional theory. In particular, we deduce that a compact spatial section of a horizon can only be a Berger sphere, a product metric on $S^1\times S^2$ or a flat three-torus. We then consider the problem of reconstructing all supersymmetric solutions from a given near--horizon geometry. By exploiting the ellipticity of the linearised field equations we demonstrate that the moduli space of transverse infinitesimal deformations of a near--horizon geometry is finite--dimensional. - Open Access
10D to 4D Euclidean Supergravity over a Calabi-Yau three-fold
We dimensionally reduce the bosonic sector of 10D Euclidean type IIA supergravity over a Calabi-Yau three-fold. The resulting theory describes the bosonic sector of 4D, N = 2 Euclidean supergravity coupled to vector- and hyper-multiplets. We show that the scalar target manifold of the vector-multiplets is projective special para-Kahler, and is therefore of split signature, whereas the target manifold of the hyper-multiplets is (positive-definite) quaternionic Kahler.
Open Access10D to 4D Euclidean Supergravity over a Calabi-Yau three-fold
We dimensionally reduce the bosonic sector of 10D Euclidean type IIA supergravity over a Calabi-Yau three-fold. The resulting theory describes the bosonic sector of 4D, N = 2 Euclidean supergravity coupled to vector- and hyper-multiplets. We show that the scalar target manifold of the vector-multiplets is projective special para-Kahler, and is therefore of split signature, whereas the target manifold of the hyper-multiplets is (positive-definite) quaternionic Kahler.
- Open Access
- 11 December 2015
- Published by IOP Publishing in Classical and Quantum Gravity
- Vol. 33 (1) , 015010
10D to 4D Euclidean supergravity over a Calabi-Yau three-fold
We dimensionally reduce the bosonic sector of 10D Euclidean type IIA supergravity over a Calabi-Yau three-fold. The resulting theory describes the bosonic sector of 4D, Euclidean supergravity coupled to vector- and hyper-multiplets. We show that the scalar target manifold of the vector-multiplets is projective special para-Kähler, and is therefore of split signature, whereas the target manifold of the hyper-multiplets is (positive-definite) quaternionic Kähler.
- 11 December 2015
- Published by IOP Publishing in Classical and Quantum Gravity
- Vol. 33 (1) , 015010
Open Access10D to 4D Euclidean supergravity over a Calabi-Yau three-fold
We dimensionally reduce the bosonic sector of 10D Euclidean type IIA supergravity over a Calabi-Yau three-fold. The resulting theory describes the bosonic sector of 4D, Euclidean supergravity coupled to vector- and hyper-multiplets. We show that the scalar target manifold of the vector-multiplets is projective special para-Kähler, and is therefore of split signature, whereas the target manifold of the hyper-multiplets is (positive-definite) quaternionic Kähler.
- Open Access
- 6 November 2014
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of High Energy Physics
- Vol. 2014 (11) , 1-17
Non-existence of supersymmetric AdS 5 black rings
- 6 November 2014
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of High Energy Physics
- Vol. 2014 (11) , 1-17
Open AccessNon-existence of supersymmetric AdS 5 black rings