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A double sigma model for double field theory

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We show that generalised metric equation of motion of doubled field theory (the vanishing of the generalised Ricci tensor) can be derived as the background field equation of a double sigma model. Thus the double field theory is the effective field theory for the sigma model.

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Copland, N.B. A double sigma model for double field theory. J. High Energ. Phys. 2012, 44 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP04(2012)044

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