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On the physics of Joyce-Karigiannis manifolds
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We will discuss the physics of M-theory compactifications onto G2-orbifolds of the type that can be resolved via the method of Joyce and Karigiannis, i.e., orbifolds where one has a singular locus of A1 singularities that admits a nowhere-vanishing (Z2-twisted) harmonic 1-form. We also discuss natural generalisations of these orbifolds (not currently resolvable by the method of Joyce-Karigiannis) and give proposals for the physics in these cases too.
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