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arxiv: 1203.6203 · v2 · pith:OZZ2ALTWnew · submitted 2012-03-28 · ✦ hep-th

Non-geometric fluxes and non-associative geometry

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keywords fluxesnon-associativeclosedmotivatenon-geometrictheoryanalogybackground
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In these proceedings, we discuss non-commutativity in closed string theory. In analogy to the open-string sector, for closed strings we first motivate a cyclic double commutator to be evaluated for backgrounds with geometric or non-geometric fluxes. A non-trivial result for such an expression indicates a non-associative structure. Second, we define a conformal field theory at linear order in background fluxes and compute correlation functions therein. From these we motivate a tri-product which captures non-commutative and non-associative effects.

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