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Massive type II in double field theory

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We provide an extension of the recently constructed double field theory formulation of the low-energy limits of type II strings, in which the RR fields can depend simultaneously on the 10-dimensional space-time coordinates and linearly on the dual winding coordinates. For the special case that only the RR one-form of type IIA carries such a dependence, we obtain the massive deformation of type IIA supergravity due to Romans. For T-dual configurations we obtain a ‘massive’ but non-covariant formulation of type IIB, in which the 10-dimensional diffeomorphism symmetry is deformed by the mass parameter.

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Hohm, O., Kwak, S.K. Massive type II in double field theory. J. High Energ. Phys. 2011, 86 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP11(2011)086

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