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Exploring Exceptional Drinfeld Geometries

High Energy Physics - Theory 2020-10-14 v2

Abstract

We explore geometries that give rise to a novel algebraic structure, the Exceptional Drinfeld Algebra, which has recently been proposed as an approach to study generalised U-dualities, similar to the non-Abelian and Poisson-Lie generalisations of T-duality. This algebra is generically not a Lie algebra but a Leibniz algebra, and can be realised in exceptional generalised geometry or exceptional field theory through a set of frame fields giving a generalised parallelisation. We provide examples including "three-algebra geometries", which encode the structure constants for three-algebras and in some cases give novel uplifts for CSO(p,q,r)CSO(p,q,r) gaugings of seven-dimensional maximal supergravity. We also discuss the M-theoretic embedding of both non-Abelian and Poisson-Lie T-duality.

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@article{arxiv.2006.12452,
  title  = {Exploring Exceptional Drinfeld Geometries},
  author = {Chris D. A. Blair and Daniel C. Thompson and Sofia Zhidkova},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2006.12452},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

24 pages + appendices + refs. v2: published version

R2 v1 2026-06-23T16:31:48.252Z