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Mega-Space Current Algebra and Green-Schwarz Geometry in Heterotic String Theory

High Energy Physics - Theory 2026-07-30 v1

Abstract

We study the Lorentz and gauge connections in heterotic string theories within a framework of manifest T-duality. A central motivation is the Bergshoeff--de Roo (BdR) type parallelism between the torsionful Lorentz and Yang-Mills connections in heterotic α\alpha'-corrections. We formulate worldsheet current algebras in a mega-space that incorporates the Lorentz and gauge sectors simultaneously. By generalizing the Pol\'a\v{c}ek-Siegel scheme, we evaluate the commutators of the extended generators and determine the generalized connections. We show that this mega-space current algebra geometrically embeds the heterotic Chern--Simons structures into the generalized vielbeins and curvatures. We also show that the Green-Schwarz anomaly cancellation condition follows from the Jacobi identity for the algebra of stringy covariant derivatives, the ``nachos'' operators M\triangleright_{\mathcal{M}}.

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@article{arxiv.2607.27988,
  title  = {Mega-Space Current Algebra and Green-Schwarz Geometry in Heterotic String Theory},
  author = {Machiko Hatsuda and Shin Sasaki and Masaya Yata},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.27988},
  year   = {2026}
}

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