On the Riemann tensor in double field theory
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Hohm, Olaf; Zwiebach, Barton
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Double field theory provides T-duality covariant generalized tensors that are natural extensions of the scalar and Ricci curvatures of Riemannian geometry. We search for a similar extension of the Riemann curvature tensor by developing a geometry based on the generalized metric and the dilaton. We find a duality covariant Riemann tensor whose contractions give the Ricci and scalar curvatures, but that is not fully determined in terms of the physical fields. This suggests that α′ corrections to the effective action require α′ corrections to T-duality transformations and/or generalized diffeomorphisms. Further evidence to this effect is found by an additional computation that shows that there is no T-duality invariant four-derivative object built from the generalized metric and the dilaton that reduces to the square of the Riemann tensor.
Date issued
2012-05Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Theoretical Physics; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of PhysicsJournal
Journal of High Energy Physics
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Springer-Verlag
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Hohm, Olaf, and Barton Zwiebach. “On the Riemann Tensor in Double Field Theory.” Journal of High Energy Physics 2012.5 (2012).
Version: Author's final manuscript
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1126-6708
1029-8479