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The double field theory action in the flux formulation is dimensionally reduced on a Calabi-Yau three-fold equipped with non-vanishing type IIB geometric and non-geometric fluxes. First, we rewrite the metric-dependent reduced DFT action in terms of quantities that can be evaluated without explicitly knowing the metric on the Calabi-Yau manifold. Second, using properties of special geometry we obtain the scalar potential of N = 2 gauged supergravity. After an orientifold projection, this potential is consistent with the scalar potential arising from the flux-induced superpotential, plus an additional D-term contribution.
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Blumenhagen, R., Font, A. & Plauschinn, E. Relating double field theory to the scalar potential of N = 2 gauged supergravity. J. High Energ. Phys. 2015, 1–37 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP12(2015)122
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