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We realise the Shatashvili-Vafa superconformal algebra for G2 string compactifications by combining Odake and free conformal algebras following closely the recent mathematical construction of twisted connected sum G2 holonomy manifolds. By considering automorphisms of this realisation, we identify stringy analogues of two mirror maps proposed by Braun and Del Zotto for these manifolds.
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Fiset, MA. Superconformal algebras for twisted connected sums and G2 mirror symmetry. J. High Energ. Phys. 2018, 11 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP12(2018)011
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