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Frame-like Geometry of Double Field Theory

High Energy Physics - Theory 2011-02-16 v2

Abstract

We relate two formulations of the recently constructed double field theory to a frame-like geometrical formalism developed by Siegel. A self-contained presentation of this formalism is given, including a discussion of the constraints and its solutions, and of the resulting Riemann tensor, Ricci tensor and curvature scalar. This curvature scalar can be used to define an action, and it is shown that this action is equivalent to that of double field theory.

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@article{arxiv.1011.4101,
  title  = {Frame-like Geometry of Double Field Theory},
  author = {Olaf Hohm and Seung Ki Kwak},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1011.4101},
  year   = {2011}
}

Comments

35 pages, v2: minor corrections, to appear in J. Phys. A