Background independent action for double field theory

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Hohm, Olaf ^a   Hull, Chris ^b   Zwiebach, Barton ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discrete and finite symmetries; Gauge symmetry; String duality

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954977069     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP07(2010)016     Document Type: Article

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