A systematic Cartan-geometric construction of linearised torsion and curvature hierarchies for generalised geometries with global duality group G and local gauge group H, realised via brane current algebras.
The canonical generalised Levi-Civita connection and its curvature
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Given a (semi-Riemannian) generalised metric $\mathcal G$ and a divergence operator $\mathrm{div}$ on an exact Courant algebroid $E$, we geometrically construct a canonical generalised Levi-Civita connection $D^{\mathcal G, \mathrm{div}}$ for these data. In this way we provide a resolution of the problem of non-uniqueness of generalised Levi-Civita connections. Since the generalised Riemann tensor of $D^{\mathcal G, \mathrm{div}}$ is an invariant of the pair $(\mathcal G, \mathrm{div})$, we no longer need to discard curvature components which depend on the choice of the generalised connection. As a main result we decompose the generalised Riemann curvature tensor of $D^{\mathcal G, \mathrm{div}}$ in terms of classical (non-generalised) geometric data. Based on this set of master formulas we derive a comprehensive curvature tool-kit for applications in generalised geometry. This includes decompositions for the full generalised Ricci tensor, the generalised Ricci tensor, and three generalised scalar-valued curvature invariants, two of which are new.
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Gauged Extended Field Theory and Generalised Cartan Geometry
A systematic Cartan-geometric construction of linearised torsion and curvature hierarchies for generalised geometries with global duality group G and local gauge group H, realised via brane current algebras.