T-dualities and Courant algebroid relations (Q6662828)

The relation of quantum field theory with Courant algebroids can be traced to the foundational work of \textit{P. Ševera} [``Letters to Alan Weinstein about Courant algebroids'', Preprint, \url{arXiv:1707.00265}], proposing Courant algebroids as an appropriate model for sigma models in dimension 2. This article proposes a formulation of T-duality in terms of Courant algebroids. This formulation generalises Vysoký's Poisson-Lie T-duality, as well as the approach of Mathai et al (also Cavalcanti and Gualtieri), arising from the Fourier-Mukai transform.\N\NFrom the abstract: ``We develop a new approach to \(T\)-duality based on Courant algebroid relations which subsumes the usual \(T\)-duality as well as its various generalisations. Starting from a relational description for the reduction of exact Courant algebroids over foliated manifolds, we introduce a weakened notion of generalised isometries that captures the generalised geometry counterpart of Riemannian submersions when applied to transverse generalised metrics. This is used to construct \(T\)-dual backgrounds as generalised metrics on reduced Courant algebroids which are related by a generalised isometry. We prove an existence and uniqueness result for generalised isometric exact Courant algebroids coming from reductions. We demonstrate that our construction reproduces standard \(T\)-duality relations based on correspondence spaces. We also describe how it applies to generalised \(T\)-duality transformations of almost para-Hermitian manifolds.''