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A Double Sigma Model for Double Field Theory

High Energy Physics - Theory 2012-04-27 v3

Abstract

We define a sigma model with doubled target space and calculate its background field equations. These coincide with generalised metric equation of motion of double field theory, thus the double field theory is the effective field theory for the sigma model.

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@article{arxiv.1111.1828,
  title  = {A Double Sigma Model for Double Field Theory},
  author = {Neil B. Copland},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1111.1828},
  year   = {2012}
}

Comments

26 pages, v1: 37 pages, v2: references added, v3: updated to match published version - background and detail of calculations substantially condensed, motivation expanded, refs added, results unchanged

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