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Exceptional geometry and tensor fields

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We present a tensor calculus for exceptional generalised geometry. Expressions for connections, torsion and curvature are given a unified formulation for different exceptional groups E n(n). We then consider “tensor gauge fields” coupled to the exceptional generalised gravity. Many of the properties of forms on manifolds are carried over to these fields.

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    Martin Cederwall, Joakim Edlund & Anna Karlsson

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Cederwall, M., Edlund, J. & Karlsson, A. Exceptional geometry and tensor fields. J. High Energ. Phys. 2013, 28 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP07(2013)028

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