nLab James Sparks

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Selected writings

• James Sparks, Sasaki-Einstein Manifolds, Surv. Diff. Geom. 16 (2011) 265-324 (arXiv:1004.2461)

• Sergei Gukov, James Sparks, M-Theory on $Spin(7)$ Manifolds, Nucl.Phys. B625 (2002) 3-69 (arXiv:hep-th/0109025)

On M-theory on 8-manifolds and conifold transition:

• Sergei Gukov, James Sparks, David Tong, Conifold Transitions and Five-Brane Condensation in M-Theory on $Spin(7)$ Manifolds, Class. Quant. Grav. 20 (2003) 665-706 [arXiv:hep-th/0207244]

On relating the Freed-Witten anomaly to shifted C-field flux quantization:

• James Sparks, Global Worldsheet Anomalies from M-Theory, JHEP 0408:037, 2004 (arXiv:hep-th/0310147)

On supergravity KK-compactified (and branes wrapped) on spindle orbifolds:

• Pietro Ferrero, Jerome P. Gauntlett, Juan Manuel Pérez Ipiña, Dario Martelli, James Sparks, D3-branes wrapped on a spindle, Phys. Rev. Lett. 126 111601 (2021) [arXiv:2204.02990, doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.111601]

• Pietro Ferrero, Jerome P. Gauntlett, Dario Martelli, James Sparks, M5-branes wrapped on a spindle, J. High Energ. Phys. 2021 2 (2021)

  [arXiv:2105.13344, doi:10.1007/JHEP11(2021)002] ]

• K. C. Matthew Cheung, Jacob H. T. Fry, Jerome P. Gauntlett, James Sparks, M5-branes wrapped on four-dimensional orbifolds, J. High Energ. Phys. 2022 82 (2022) [arXiv:2204.02990, doi:10.1007/JHEP08(2022)082]

On the AGT correspondence:

• Christopher Couzens, Alice Lüscher, James Sparks: Localizing punctures in M-theory, J. High Energ. Phys. 2026 180 (2026) [doi:10.1007/JHEP02(2026)180, arXiv:2511.03397 hep-th]

Related entries

• Sasaki-Einstein manifold

• M-theory on 8-manifolds

• Spin(7)-manifolds

• conifold transition

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