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We use exceptional field theory to describe locally non-geometric spaces of M-theory of more than three dimensions. For these spaces, we find a new set of locally non-geometric fluxes which lie in the R-R sector in the weak-coupling limit and can typically be characterised by mixed symmetry tensors. These spaces thus provide new examples of non-geometric backgrounds which go beyond the NS-NS sector of string theory. Starting from twisted tori we construct duality chains that lead to these new non-geometric backgrounds and we show that, just as in the four-dimensional case, there are missing momenta associated to the mixed symmetry tensors.
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Lüst, D., Malek, E. & Syväri, M. Locally non-geometric fluxes and missing momenta in M-theory. J. High Energ. Phys. 2018, 50 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP01(2018)050
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