Nonassociative gravity in string theory?

  • R. Blumenhagen
  • , E. Plauschinn

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Abstract

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
Original languageEnglish
Article number015401
Number of pages19
JournalJournal of Physics. A. Mathematical and theoretical
Volume44
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2010

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