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arxiv: 1006.4823 · v2 · pith:6CPXT4XAnew · submitted 2010-06-24 · ✦ hep-th

Generalized metric formulation of double field theory

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The generalized metric is a T-duality covariant symmetric matrix constructed from the metric and two-form gauge field and arises in generalized geometry. We view it here as a metric on the doubled spacetime and use it to give a simple formulation with manifest T-duality of the double field theory that describes the massless sector of closed strings. The gauge transformations are written in terms of a generalized Lie derivative whose commutator algebra is defined by a double field theory extension of the Courant bracket.

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