Published January 2006
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Journal article
Nongeometry, duality twists, and the worldsheet
Creators
- 1. Department of Theoretical Physics, Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering, Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200 (Australia)
- 2. Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Amsterdam, 1018 XE Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Description
In this paper, we use orbifold methods to construct nongeometric backgrounds, and argue that they correspond to the spacetimes discussed in [1], [2]. More precisely, we make explicit through several examples the connection between interpolating orbifolds and spacetime duality twists. We argue that generic nongeometric backgrounds arising from duality twists will not have simple orbifold constructions and then proceed to construct several examples which do have consistent worldsheet descriptions
Availability note (English)
Available online at http://stacks.iop.org/1126-6708/2006/i=01/a=166/jhep012006166.pdf or at the Web site for the Journal of High Energy Physics (ISSN 1029-8479) http://www.iop.org/Additional details
Identifiers
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Journal of High Energy Physics
- Journal Volume
- 2006
- Journal Issue
- 01
- Journal Page Range
- p. 166
- ISSN
- 1126-6708
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Italy
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 37051610
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- DUALITY; GEOMETRY; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; SMOOTH MANIFOLDS; SPACE-TIME
- Descriptors DEC
- FIELD THEORIES; MATHEMATICAL MANIFOLDS; MATHEMATICS