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Consistent truncation and generalized duality based on exceptional generalized cosets

High Energy Physics - Theory 2025-10-15 v1

Abstract

We present a systematic framework for constructing consistent truncations of supergravity based on exceptional generalized cosets of the form \GS\G/H\GS \backslash G/H. This approach generalizes the well-established generalized Scherk-Schwarz reductions on generalized parallelizable spaces G/HG/H, which preserve maximal supersymmetry, to scenarios with reduced supersymmetry by introducing a non-trivial generalized structure group \GS\GS. The double coset structure plays two distinct roles: for a given GG, the choice of subgroup \GS\GS determines the (constant) generalized torsion/curvature and the pattern of supersymmetry breaking, while HH parameterizes inequivalent supergravity backgrounds that share the same truncated theory. The entire construction proceeds algebraically, systematically building \GS\GS-invariant tensors from generalized frame fields, with the intrinsic torsion automatically constant and a \GS\GS-singlet. Different choices of HH lead to distinct higher-dimensional backgrounds that truncate to the same lower-dimensional theory, thereby realizing U-duality. We illustrate the framework through explicit examples in double field theory and exceptional field theory.

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@article{arxiv.2510.12799,
  title  = {Consistent truncation and generalized duality based on exceptional generalized cosets},
  author = {Falk Hassler and Yuho Sakatani},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2510.12799},
  year   = {2025}
}

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123 pages

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