Generalised Geometry and Flux Vacua
Abstract
This note discusses the connection between generalised geometry and flux compactifications of string theory. Firstly, we explain in a pedestrian manner how the supersymmetry constraints of type II flux compactifications can be restated as integrability constraints on certain generalised complex structures. This reformulation uses generalised complex geometry, a mathematical framework that geometrizes the B-field. Secondly, we discuss how exceptional generalised geometry may provide a similar geometrization of the RR fields. Thirdly, we examine the connection between generalised geometry and non-geometry, and finally we present recent developments where generalised geometry is used to construct explicit examples of flux compactifications to flat space.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1511.04595,
title = {Generalised Geometry and Flux Vacua},
author = {Magdalena Larfors},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1511.04595},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
12 pages, contribution to the proceedings of "The String Theory Universe" workshop in Leuven, 7-11 Sept 2015, to be published by Fortschritte der Physik; v2: references updated