Kaluza-Klein fermion mass matrices from Exceptional Field Theory and ${\cal N} =1$ spectra

Abstract: Using Exceptional Field Theory, we determine the infinite-dimensional mass matrices for the gravitino and spin-$1/2$ Kaluza-Klein perturbations above a class of anti-de Sitter solutions of M-theory and massive type IIA string theory with topologically-spherical internal spaces. We then use these mass matrices to compute the spectrum of Kaluza-Klein fermions about some solutions in this class with internal symmetry groups containing SU(3). Combining these results with previously known bosonic sectors of the spectra, we give the complete spectrum about some ${\cal N}=1$ and some non-supersymmetric solutions in this class. The complete spectra are shown to enjoy certain generic features.