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 …

The spacetime of double field theory: Review, remarks, and outlook

O Hohm, D Lüst, B Zwiebach - Fortschritte der Physik, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
We review double field theory (DFT) with emphasis on the doubled spacetime and its
generalized coordinate transformations, which unify diffeomorphisms and b‐field gauge …

Exceptional field theory. I. -covariant form of M-theory and type IIB

O Hohm, H Samtleben - Physical Review D, 2014 - APS
We present the details of the recently constructed E 6 (6)-covariant extension of 11-
dimensional supergravity. This theory requires a 5+ 27-dimensional spacetime in which the …

generalised geometry, connections and M theory

A Coimbra, C Strickland-Constable… - Journal of High Energy …, 2014 - Springer
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 …

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 …

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 …

Spheres, generalised parallelisability and consistent truncations

K Lee, C Strickland‐Constable… - Fortschritte der …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
We show that generalised geometry gives a unified description of maximally supersymmetric
consistent truncations of ten‐and eleven‐dimensional supergravity. In all cases the …

Consistent Kaluza-Klein truncations via exceptional field theory

O Hohm, H Samtleben - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2015 - Springer
A bstract We present the generalized Scherk-Schwarz reduction ansatz for the full
supersymmetric exceptional field theory in terms of group valued twist matrices subject to …

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 …