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Five-brane actions in double field theory

High Energy Physics - Theory 2018-03-28 v2

Abstract

We construct an action for NSNS 5-branes which is manifestly covariant under O(d,d). This is done by doubling dd of the spacetime coordinates which appear in the worldvolume action. By formulating the DBI part of the action in a manner similar to a "gauged sigma model", only half the doubled coordinates genuinely appear. Our approach allows one to describe the full T-duality orbit of the IIB NS5 brane, the IIA KKM and their exotic relations in one formalism. Furthermore, by using ideas from double field theory, our action can be said to describe various aspects of non-geometric five-branes.

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@article{arxiv.1712.01739,
  title  = {Five-brane actions in double field theory},
  author = {Chris D. A. Blair and Edvard T. Musaev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1712.01739},
  year   = {2018}
}

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42 pages and appendix

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