Linearizing Generalized Kahler Geometry
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| Year of publication | 2007 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Journal of High Energy Physics |
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| Web | article |
| Field | Theoretical physics |
| Keywords | Generalized complex geometry; Sigma models; supersymmetry |
| Description | The geometry of the target space of an N=(2,2) supersymmetry sigma-model carries a generalized Kahler structure. There always exists a real function, the generalized Kahler potential K, that encodes all the relevant local differential geometry data: the metric, the B-field, etc. Generically this data is given by nonlinear functions of the second derivatives of K. We show that, at least locally, the nonlinearity on any generalized Kahler manifold can be explained as arising from a quotient of a space without this nonlinearity. |
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