# Supergravity as generalised geometry I: type II theories

@article{Coimbra2011SupergravityAG,
title={Supergravity as generalised geometry I: type II theories},
author={Andr'e Coimbra and C. Strickland-constable and Daniel Waldram},
journal={Journal of High Energy Physics},
year={2011},
volume={2011},
pages={1-35}
}
• Published 2011
• Physics, Mathematics
• Journal of High Energy Physics
A bstractWe reformulate ten-dimensional type II supergravity as a generalised geometrical analogue of Einstein gravity, defined by an O(9, 1) × O(1, 9) ⊂ O(10, 10) × ${\mathbb{R}^{+} }$ structure on the generalised tangent space. Using the notion of generalised connection and torsion, we introduce the analogue of the Levi-Civita connection, and derive the corresponding tensorial measures of generalised curvature. We show how, to leading order in the fermion fields, these structures allow one… Expand
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