Ricci flow, Killing spinors, and T-duality in generalized geometry
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Publication:6280194
DOI10.1016/J.AIM.2019.04.038arXiv1611.08926WikidataQ125929272 ScholiaQ125929272MaRDI QIDQ6280194FDOQ6280194
Authors: Mario García-Fernández 
Publication date: 27 November 2016
Abstract: We introduce a notion of Ricci flow in generalized geometry, extending a previous definition by Gualtieri on exact Courant algebroids. Special stationary points of the flow are given by solutions to first-order differential equations, the Killing spinor equations, which encompass special holonomy metrics with solutions of the Hull-Strominger system. Our main result investigates a method to produce new solutions of the Ricci flow and the Killing spinor equations. For this, we consider T-duality between possibly topologically distinct torus bundles endowed with Courant structures, and demonstrate that solutions of the equations are exchanged under this symmetry. As applications, we give a mathematical explanation of the dilaton shift in string theory and prove that the Hull-Strominger system is preserved by T-duality.
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