In this work, we study the Hull-Strominger system. New solutions are found on hyperkahler fibrations over a Riemann surface. This class of solutions is the first which admits infinitely many topological types. Next, we study the Fu-Yau solutions of the Hull-Strominger system and their generalizations to higher dimensions. We solve the Fu-Yau equation in higher dimensions, and in fact, solve a new class of fully nonlinear elliptic PDE which contains the Fu-Yau equation as a special case. Lastly, we introduce a geometric flow to study the Hull-Strominger system and non-Kahler Calabi-Yau threefolds. Basic properties are established, and we study this flow in the geometric settings of fibrations over a Riemann surface and fibrations over a K3 surface. In both cases, the flow descends to a nonlinear evolution equation for a scalar function on the base, and we study the dynamical behavior of these evolution equations.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:columbia.edu/oai:academiccommons.columbia.edu:10.7916/D8K08MD5 |
| Date | January 2018 |
| Creators | Picard, Sebastien F. |
| Source Sets | Columbia University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Theses |
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