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This paper constructs the reduction of heterotic M-theory in eleven dimensions to a supergravity model on a manifold with boundary in five dimensions using a Calabi-Yau three-fold. New results are presented for the boundary terms in the action and for the boundary conditions on the bulk fields. Some general features of dualisation on a manifold with boundary are used to explain the origin of some topological terms in the action. The effect of gaugino condensation on the fermion boundary conditions leads to a ‘twist’ in the chirality of the gravitino which can provide an uplifting mechanism in the vacuum energy to cancel the cosmological constant after moduli stabilisation.
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Moss, I.G., Omotani, J.T. & Saffin, P.M. Reducing heterotic M-theory to five dimensional supergravity on a manifold with boundary. J. High Energ. Phys. 2011, 88 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP10(2011)088
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