Canonical differential geometry of string backgrounds

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dc.creatorSchuller, Frederic P.
dc.creatorWohlfarth, Mattias N. R.
dc.date2005-11-15
dc.date2006-02-23
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T10:45:18Z
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dc.descriptionString backgrounds and D-branes do not possess the structure of Lorentzian manifolds, but that of manifolds with area metric. Area metric geometry is a true generalization of metric geometry, which in particular may accommodate a B-field. While an area metric does not determine a connection, we identify the appropriate differential geometric structure which is of relevance for the minimal surface equation in such a generalized geometry. In particular the notion of a derivative action of areas on areas emerges naturally. Area metric geometry provides new tools in differential geometry, which promise to play a role in the description of gravitational dynamics on D-branes.
dc.description20 pages, no figures, improved journal version
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0511157
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0511157
dc.identifierJHEP0602:059,2006
dc.identifierdoi:10.1088/1126-6708/2006/02/059
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/182872
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Theory
dc.subjectGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
dc.subjectDifferential Geometry
dc.titleCanonical differential geometry of string backgrounds
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