Double Field Theory: A Pedagogical Review
| Autor: | Aldazabal, Gerardo, Marques, Diego, Nunez, Carmen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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| Zdroj: | Class.Quant.Grav. 30 (2013) 163001 |
| Druh dokumentu: | Working Paper |
| DOI: | 10.1088/0264-9381/30/16/163001 |
| Popis: | Double Field Theory (DFT) is a proposal to incorporate T-duality, a distinctive symmetry of string theory, as a symmetry of a field theory defined on a double configuration space. The aim of this review is to provide a pedagogical presentation of DFT and its applications. We first introduce some basic ideas on T-duality and supergravity in order to proceed to the construction of generalized diffeomorphisms and an invariant action on the double space. Steps towards the construction of a geometry on the double space are discussed. We then address generalized Scherk-Schwarz compactifications of DFT and their connection to gauged supergravity and flux compactifications. We also discuss U-duality extensions, and present a brief parcours on world-sheet approaches to DFT. Finally, we provide a summary of other developments and applications that are not discussed in detail in the review. Comment: 121 pages, invited review for Class. Quantum Grav; v2: Updated references |
| Databáze: | arXiv |
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