Duality orbits of non-geometric fluxes

Compactifications in duality covariant constructions such as generalised geometry and double field theory have proven to be suitable frameworks to reproduce gauged supergravities containing non‐geometric fluxes. However, it is a priori unclear whether these approaches only provide a reformulation of...

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Veröffentlicht in:Fortschritte der Physik 2012-11, Vol.60 (11-12), p.1123-1149
Hauptverfasser: Dibitetto, G., Fernández-Melgarejo, J.J., Marqués, D., Roest, D.
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Zusammenfassung:Compactifications in duality covariant constructions such as generalised geometry and double field theory have proven to be suitable frameworks to reproduce gauged supergravities containing non‐geometric fluxes. However, it is a priori unclear whether these approaches only provide a reformulation of old results, or also contain new physics. To address this question, we classify the T‐ and U‐duality orbits of gaugings of (half‐)maximal supergravities in dimensions seven and higher. It turns out that all orbits have a geometric supergravity origin in the maximal case, while there are non‐geometric orbits in the half‐maximal case. We show how the latter are obtained from compactifications of double field theory.
ISSN:0015-8208
1521-3978
DOI:10.1002/prop.201200078