Exploring Exceptional Drinfeld Geometries
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 gaugings of seven-dimensional maximal supergravity. We also discuss the M-theoretic embedding of both non-Abelian and Poisson-Lie T-duality.
Cite
@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