Transitive Courant algebroids, string structures and T-duality

DOI10.4310/ATMP.2015.V19.N3.A3zbMATH Open1342.81395arXiv1308.5159OpenAlexW2963391747MaRDI QIDQ5962828FDOQ5962828

David Baraglia, Pedram Hekmati

Publication date: 24 February 2016

Published in: Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this paper, we use reduction by extended actions to give a construction of transitive Courant algebroids from string classes. We prove that T-duality commutes with the reductions and thereby determine global conditions for the existence of T-duals in heterotic string theory. In particular we find that T-duality exchanges string structures and gives an isomorphism of transitive Courant algebroids. Consequently we derive the T-duality transformation for generalised metrics and show that the heterotic Einstein equations are preserved. The presence of string structures significantly extends the domain of applicability of T-duality and this is illustrated by several classes of examples.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1308.5159

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zbMATH Keywords

T-dualityreductionCourant algebroidsheterotic string theoryextended actionsAtiyah algebroids

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Poisson manifolds; Poisson groupoids and algebroids (53D17) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Gravitational interaction in quantum theory (81V17) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30)

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