a Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institut für Reine Mathematik, Ziegelstraβe 13 A, D-10099, Berlin, Germany
b Centre de Mathématiques, Ecole Polytechnique, 91128, Palaiseau, Cedex, France
Abstract:
A nearly parallel G2-structure on a seven-dimensional Riemannian manifold is equivalent to a spin structure with a Killing spinor. We prove general results about the automorphism group of such structures and we construct new examples. We classify all nearly parallel G2-manifolds with large symmetry group and in particular all homogeneous nearly parallel G2-structures.