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Hamiltonian perspective on generalized complex structure

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-11-11 v2 Differential Geometry

Abstract

In this note we clarify the relation between extended world-sheet supersymmetry and generalized complex structure. The analysis is based on the phase space description of a wide class of sigma models. We point out the natural isomorphism between the group of orthogonal automorphisms of the Courant bracket and the group of local canonical transformations of the cotangent bundle of the loop space. Indeed this fact explains the natural relation between the world-sheet and the geometry of T+T^*. We discuss D-branes in this perspective.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0502137,
  title  = {Hamiltonian perspective on generalized complex structure},
  author = {Maxim Zabzine},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0502137},
  year   = {2009}
}

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14 pages, the version to appear in CMP