Double field theory: a pedagogical review

G Aldazabal, D Marques, C Nunez - Classical and Quantum …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
Double field theory (DFT) is a proposal to incorporate T-duality, a distinctive symmetry of
string theory, as a symmetry of a field theory defined on a double configuration space. The …

Duality symmetric string and M-theory

DS Berman, DC Thompson - Physics Reports, 2015 - Elsevier
We review recent developments in duality symmetric string theory. We begin with the world-
sheet doubled formalism which describes strings in an extended spacetime with extra …

Double field theory

C Hull, B Zwiebach - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
The zero modes of closed strings on a torus—the torus coordinates plus dual coordinates
conjugate to winding number—parameterize a doubled torus. In closed string field theory …

Generalized Geometry and M theory

DS Berman, MJ Perry - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2011 - Springer
We reformulate the Hamiltonian form of bosonic eleven dimensional supergravity in terms of
an object that unifies the three-form and the metric. For the case of four spatial dimensions …

Exploring double field theory

D Geissbühler, D Marqués, C Nunez… - Journal of High Energy …, 2013 - Springer
A bstract We consider a flux formulation of Double Field Theory in which fluxes are
dynamical and field-dependent. Gauge consistency imposes a set of quadratic constraints …

The effective action of double field theory

G Aldazabal, W Baron, D Marques, C Nunez - Journal of High Energy …, 2011 - Springer
A bstract We perform a generalized Scherk-Schwarz dimensional reduction of Double Field
Theory on a twisted double torus. The four dimensional effective action is shown to exactly …

Non-geometric backgrounds in string theory

E Plauschinn - Physics Reports, 2019 - Elsevier
This review provides an introduction to non-geometric backgrounds in string theory. Starting
from a discussion of T-duality, geometric and non-geometric torus-fibrations are reviewed …

The geometry, branes and applications of exceptional field theory

DS Berman, C Blair - International Journal of Modern Physics A, 2020 - World Scientific
This is a review of exceptional field theory: a generalisation of Kaluza–Klein theory that
unifies the metric and p-form gauge field degrees of freedom of supergravity into a …

Stringy differential geometry, beyond Riemann

I Jeon, K Lee, JH Park - Physical Review D—Particles, Fields, Gravitation, and …, 2011 - APS
While the fundamental object in Riemannian geometry is a metric, closed string theories call
for us to put a two-form gauge field and a scalar dilaton on an equal footing with the metric …

Differential geometry with a projection: Application to double field theory

I Jeon, K Lee, JH Park - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2011 - Springer
In recent development of double field theory, as for the description of the massless sector of
closed strings, the spacetime dimension is formally doubled, ie from D to D+D, and the T …