Duality Invariance: From M-theory to Double Field Theory
High Energy Physics - Theory
2015-05-28 v2
Abstract
We show how the duality invariant approach to M-theory formulated by Berman and Perry relates to the double field theory proposed by Hull and Zwiebach. In doing so we provide suggestions as to how Ramond fields can be incorporated into the double field theory. We find that the standard dimensional reduction procedure has a duality invariant (doubled) analogue in which the gauge fields of the doubled Kaluza-Klein ansatz encode the Ramond potentials. We identify the internal gauge index of these gauge fields with a spinorial index of O(d,d).
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@article{arxiv.1106.4036,
title = {Duality Invariance: From M-theory to Double Field Theory},
author = {Daniel C. Thompson},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1106.4036},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
26 pages; v2: references added, some modifications to commentary in the introduction, note added. Version to be published in JHEP