Ed(d) × R+ generalised geometry, connections and M theory
Author(s)
Coimbra, A
Strickland-Constable, C
Waldram, D
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
We show that generalised geometry gives a unified description of bosonic eleven-dimensional supergravity restricted to a d-dimensional manifold for all d ≤ 7. The theory is based on an extended tangent space which admits a natural Ed(d)×R+Ed(d)×R+ action. The bosonic degrees of freedom are unified as a “generalised metric”, as are the diffeomorphism and gauge symmetries, while the local O(d) symmetry is promoted to Hd, the maximally compact subgroup of Ed(d). We introduce the analogue of the Levi-Civita connection and the Ricci tensor and show that the bosonic action and equations of motion are simply given by the generalised Ricci scalar and the vanishing of the generalised Ricci tensor respectively. The formalism also gives a unified description of the bosonic NSNS and RR sectors of type II supergravity in d − 1 dimensions. Locally the formulation also describes M-theory variants of double field theory and we derive the corresponding section condition in general dimension. We comment on the relation to other approaches to M theory with Ed(d) symmetry, as well as the connections to flux compactifications and the embedding tensor formalism.
Date Issued
2014-02-13
Date Acceptance
2014-01-02
Citation
Journal of High Energy Physics, 2014, 2014 (1)
ISSN
1029-8479
Publisher
Springer Verlag (Germany)
Journal / Book Title
Journal of High Energy Physics
Volume
2014
Issue
1
Copyright Statement
Open Access,
© The Authors.
Article funded by SCOAP3
© The Authors.
Article funded by SCOAP3
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Sponsor
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Grant Number
ST/J000353/1
EP/K034456/1
ST/L00044X/1
Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Physics, Particles & Fields
Physics
Flux compactifications
Differential and Algebraic Geometry
Supergravity Models
String Duality
DUALITY ROTATIONS
SYMMETRIES
SUPERGRAVITY
ALGEBRA
E-11
TORI
hep-th
hep-th
math.DG
0105 Mathematical Physics
0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
0206 Quantum Physics
Nuclear & Particles Physics
Notes
43 pages archiveprefix: arXiv primaryclass: hep-th reportnumber: IMPERIAL-TP-11-DW-02 slaccitation: %%CITATION = ARXIV:1112.3989;%%
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
ARTN 54