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type II supergravity

Idea

Type II supergravity is a supergravity in dimension 10 which is the low-energy effective quantum field theory underlying type II string theory.

Related concepts

• type II supergravity Lie 2-algebra

• type II geometry, generalized complex geometry, T-duality

• 11-dimensional supergravity

• heterotic supergravity,

• 7-dimensional supergravity

• 5-dimensional supergravity

• 4-dimensional supergravity

• 3-dimensional supergravity

References

General

See the general references at supergravity.

In terms of (exceptional) generalized complex geometry

A relation of the U-duality symmetry to generalized complex geometry is discussed in

• André Coimbra, Charles Strickland-Constable, Daniel Waldram, Supergravity as Generalised Geometry I: Type II Theories (arXiv:1107.1733)

• Paulo Pires Pacheco, Daniel Waldram, M-theory, exceptional generalised geometry and superpotentials (arXiv:0804.1362)

A thesis reviewing some aspects is

• Nicholas Houston, Supergravity and Generalized Geometry Thesis (2010) (pdf)