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arxiv: 1405.2283 · v3 · pith:JXJNFOJRnew · submitted 2014-05-09 · ✦ hep-th

Non-commutativity and non-associativity of the doubled string in non-geometric backgrounds

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keywords backgroundsmonodromynon-associativitynon-commutativitynon-geometricstringactionbrackets
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We use a T-duality invariant action to investigate the behaviour of a string in non-geometric backgrounds, where there is a non-trivial global $O(D,D)$ patching or monodromy. This action leads to a set of Dirac brackets describing the dynamics of the doubled string, with these brackets determined only by the monodromy. This allows for a simple derivation of non-commutativity and non-associativity in backgrounds which are (even locally) non-geometric. We focus here on the example of the three-torus with H-flux, finding non-commutativity but not non-associativity, and also comment on the relation to the exotic $5^2_2$ brane, which shares the same monodromy.

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