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arxiv: 1010.1263 · v3 · pith:YRQVWIPAnew · submitted 2010-10-06 · ✦ hep-th · gr-qc· math-ph· math.MP

Nonassociative Gravity in String Theory?

classification ✦ hep-th gr-qcmath-phmath.MP
keywords backgroundstheoryclosedgravitynonassociativenoncommutativestringstrings
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In an on-shell conformal field theory approach, we find indications of a three-bracket structure for target space coordinates in general closed string backgrounds. This generalizes the appearance of noncommutative gauge theories for open strings in two-form backgrounds to a putative noncommutative/nonassociative gravity theory for closed strings probing curved backgrounds with non-vanishing three-form flux. Several aspects and consequences of the three-bracket structure are discussed and a new type of generalized uncertainty principle is proposed.

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