Adjoint orbits, generalised parallelisable spaces and consistent truncations

Abstract

Abstract The aim of this note is to present some new explicit examples of O(d, d)generalised Leibniz parallelisable spaces arising as the normal bundles of adjoint orbits O $$ \mathcal{O} $$ of some semi-simple Lie group G. Using this construction, an explicit expression for a generalised frame is given in the case when the orbits are regular, but subtleties arise when they become degenerate. In the case of regular orbits, the resulting space is a globally flat fiber bundle over O $$ \mathcal{O} $$ which can be made compact, allowing for a generalised Scherk-Schwartz reduction. This means these spaces should admit consistent supergravity truncations. For degenerate orbits, the procedure hinges on the existence of a suitable metric, allowing for a consistent normalisation of the generalised frame.

Keywords

• Differential and Algebraic Geometry
• Supergravity Models