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Canonical differential geometry of string backgrounds

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arxiv hep-th/0511157 v2 pith:FRS5YHDG submitted 2005-11-15 hep-th gr-qcmath.DG

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keywords geometrymetricareadifferentialareasbackgroundsd-branesmanifolds
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String backgrounds and D-branes do not possess the structure of Lorentzian manifolds, but that of manifolds with area metric. Area metric geometry is a true generalization of metric geometry, which in particular may accommodate a B-field. While an area metric does not determine a connection, we identify the appropriate differential geometric structure which is of relevance for the minimal surface equation in such a generalized geometry. In particular the notion of a derivative action of areas on areas emerges naturally. Area metric geometry provides new tools in differential geometry, which promise to play a role in the description of gravitational dynamics on D-branes.

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