Towards an invariant geometry of double field theory
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Hohm, Olaf
Zwiebach, Barton
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March 2013
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Journal of Mathematical Physics
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American Institute of Physics (AIP)
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Hohm, Olaf, and Barton Zwiebach. "Towards an invariant geometry of double field theory." J. Math. Phys. 54, 032303 (2013).
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Abstract
We introduce a geometrical framework for double field theory in which generalized Riemann and torsion tensors are defined without reference to a particular basis. This invariant geometry provides a unifying framework for the frame-like and metric-like formulations developed before. We discuss the relation to generalized geometry and give an “index-free” proof of the algebraic Bianchi identity. Finally, we analyze to what extent the generalized Riemann tensor encodes the curvatures of Riemannian geometry. We show that it contains the conventional Ricci tensor and scalar curvature but not the full Riemann tensor, suggesting the possibility of a further extension of this framework.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Theoretical Physics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
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