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Double Field Theory for the A/B‐Models and Topological S‐Duality in Generalized Geometry

Year: 2018

Type: article

Abstract: We study AKSZ‐type BV constructions for the topological A‐ and B‐models within a double field theory formulation that incorporates backgrounds with geometric and non‐geometric fluxes. We relate them to a Courant sigma‐model, on an open membrane, corresponding to a generalized complex structure, which reduces to the A‐ or B‐models on the boundary. We introduce S‐duality at the level of the membrane sigma‐model based on the generalized complex structure, which exchanges the related AKSZ field theories, and interpret it as topological S‐duality of the A‐ and B‐models. Our approach leads to new classes of Courant algebroids associated to (generalized) complex geometry.

Source: Fortschritte der Physik

DOI: 10.1002/prop.201800069

Authors: Zoltán Kökényesi, Annamária Sinkovics, Richard J. Szabo

Institutions: Eötvös Loránd University, HUN-REN Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Heriot-Watt University, Maxwell Institute for Mathematical Sciences, University of Edinburgh

Language: English

Topic: Black Holes and Theoretical Physics

Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Hungarian Scientific Research Fund, Science and Technology Facilities Council

Awards: G1665478174, G4651468164